[EN] Fiber metal laminates (FML) are lightweight hybrid structural materials that combine the ductile properties of metal with high specific stiffness of fiber reinforced plastics. These
advantages led to a dramatic ...
[EN] The ageing infrastructure in ports requires regular inspection. This inspection is currently carried out manually by divers who sense by hand the entire underwater infrastructure. This process is cost-intensive as it ...
Mateos Ronco, Alicia María; Server Izquierdo, Ricardo José(Elsevier, 2011-11)
This paper presents the results of an innovative use of the Delphi technique to obtain quantitative information for the evaluation of the Official Adjustment Rules for Damage Assessment in agricultural insurance. An efficient ...
Rus, Guillermo; Palma, Roberto; Pérez-Aparicio, José L.(ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2012)
[EN] A model-based inverse problem strategy is proposed for damage characterization, starting from the electromechanical response measurement as input data, and incorporating a numerical model that simulates the piezoelectric ...
It is well known that the content of water does affect materials behaviour and may cause important damages to buildings, including structural deterioration. Thermography is a non-intrusive imaging technique that allows the ...
[EN] Recent catastrophic events have aroused great interest in the scientific community regarding the evaluation and prediction of the structural response along the life cycle of infrastructures. Efforts are put into ...