Experimental structural analysis
The course deals with the fundamentals and applications of experimental techniques in structural engineering, both for laboratory applications or testing and monitoring of real structures. The course is divided into three parts: the first part is aimed at the study of instrumentation techniques and equipment (with detailed study of specific sensors like strain gauges, inductive and resistive displacement transducers, load cells and accelerometers); the second part deals with the design of load tests in bridges and buildings; finally, dynamic testing techniques are studied in the third part (including the tools necessary to perform structural monitoring and evaluation of the limit state of vibrations; and the methods for the analysis in the time- and frequency-domain).
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Main topics
Parte 1. Instrumentation
Parte 2. Load tests
Parte 3. Dynamic testing