UCD hosted TRUSS Workshop on Training in Reducing Uncertainty in Structural Safety from 10:15 to 17:30 on Wednesday 29 August 2018 at the Sutherland School of Law in the Belfield campus, Dublin 4. The Workshop features talks by the 14 ERSs and the Project Coordinator, that were divided into four parts with coffee/lunch breaks in between as follows:
- The first and third group of talks (10:10 to 10:55 and 15:10 to:15:55), chaired by Arturo Gonzalez (UCD), were focused on sensors and modeling issues as well as giving a picture of all activities by the project.
- The second group of talks (11:30 to 12:45) was chaired by Salam Al-Sabah (Arup) and mainly dealt with reliability issues.
- The fourth group (16:30 to 17:30) was chaired by Eugene OBrien (UCD) and presented techniques to detect damage in bridges.
In addition to all ESRs and chairs, other TRUSS participants at the Workshop included Wendy Mann (Lloyd’s Register), Joanna Buckingham (AECOM) and Parisa Beizaei (UCD).
Motivation
Insufficient maintenance/monitoring can lead to an unacceptable risk of collapse and to a tragic failure as the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy. An accurate assessment of the safety of a structure is a difficult task due to uncertainties associated with the aging and response of the structure, the operational and environmental loads, and their interaction. The project TRUSS (Training in Reducing Uncertainty in Structural Safety) has recruited 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to carry out research towards improving the structural assessment of buildings, energy, marine, and transport infrastructure. This research has been enhanced by an advanced program of scientific and professional training delivered via a collaboration between 6 Universities, 1 research institute, and 11 companies from 5 European countries. TRUSS workshop reports on knowledge gained in structural behaviour, structural health monitoring, damage detection, and infrastructure management that will contribute to deal with the challenges of an aging European infrastructure.
Target audience
The event was attended by a total of 220 delegates, coming from industry, academia and local and national policy makers and infrastructure managers in the area of civil engineering in Ireland.
Schedule
8:00 Registration, coffee/refreshments, and exhibition at TRUSS stand
10:10-10:25 “The TRUSS ITN project (2015-2019): a Marie Skłodowska-Curie innovative training network on reducing uncertainty in structural safety” by Arturo Gonzalez (University College Dublin, Ireland). Download presentation 
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10:25-10:40 “Fatigue testing of reinforced concrete beams instrumented with distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS)” by Antonio Barrias (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Spain). Download presentation Read more…
10:40-10:55 “Automated bridge deck evaluation through UAV derived point cloud” by Siyuan Chen (University College Dublin, Ireland). Download presentation Read more…
11:00-11:30 Break for coffee/refreshments and exhibition at TRUSS stand
11:30-11:45 “On the effectiveness and uncertainty of inspection methods for fatigue crack management” by Guang Zou (Lloyd’s Register EMEA, UK). Download presentation Read more…
11:45-12:00 “On the application of Gaussian process regression for structural analysis” by Rui Teixeira (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland). Download presentation Read more…
12:00-12:15 “Statistical reliability of the screw pullout test in the assessment of in-situ concrete strength” by Shah Nur Alam Sourav (Arup, Ireland). Download presentation Read more…
12:15-12:30 “A comparative study on different BFRP Rebar design methodologies” by Sofia Antonopoulou (University College Dublin, Ireland). Download presentation Read more…
12:30-12:45 “A big data approach for investigating the performance of the road infrastructure” by Federico Perrotta (University of Nottingham, UK). Download presentation Read more…
12:50-15:10 Lunch break and exhibition at TRUSS stand
15:10-15:25 “Vibration tests of an underwater free-standing 2-rack system” by Alberto Gonzalez Merino (Equipos Nucleares SA, Spain). Download presentation Read more…
15:25-15:40 “Reduction of uncertainties associated to the dynamic response of a ship unloader” by Giulia Milana (Lloyd’s Register EMEA, UK). Download presentation Read more…
15:40-15:55 “Sensitivity of SHM sensors to bridge stiffness“ by Daniel Martinez (University College Dublin, Ireland). Download presentation Read more…
16:00-16:30 Break for coffee/refreshments and exhibition at TRUSS stand
16:30-16:45 “Nothing on the road axle detection system using direct strain measurements – a case study” by Farhad Huseynov (Full Scale Dynamics Ltd, UK). Download presentation Read more…
16:45-17:00 “Finding the influence line for a bridge based on random traffic and field measurements on site” by Barbara Heitner (Phimeca Engineering, France). Download presentation Read more…
17:00-17:15 “A machine learning classifier for condition monitoring and damage detection of bridge infrastructure” by Matteo Vagnoli (University of Nottingham, UK). Download presentation Read more…
17:15-17:30 “Vibration-based, output-only damage identification of bridge under vehicle induced excitation” by John James Moughty (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Spain). Download presentation Read more…
About the TRUSS stand
Each presentation was 10 minutes long + 5 additional minutes allocated for questions. These discussions could then be continued in the TRUSS kiosk, where ESRs involved in a specific time slot would make themselves available immediately after their talk. ESRs took turns at the stand to address queries by the delegates as follows: Matteo Vagnoli and JJ Moughty (10:00 to 11:00), Antonio Barrias and Siyuan Chen (11:00 to 11:30), Barbara Heitner and Farhad Huseynov (11:30 to 12:45), Rui Teixeira and Federico Perrotta (14:00 to 15:00), Sofia Antonopoulou and Shah Nur Alam Sourav (15:00 to 16:00), Alberto Gonzalez and Daniel Martinez (16:00 to 16:30), and Giulia Milana and Guang Zou (16:30 to 17:45).
Therefore, the exhibition kiosk showcased:
- 21 videos about the project,
- two types of brochures, books containing papers about each of the individual research projects and about the project aims overall (book introduction), and impact magazines featuring TRUSS as example of linkage between research and industry, that were distributed for free to the attendants,
- banner and posters (as the one shown below).
Address: UCD Sutherland School of Law, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland