Bridge monitoring BrigeLab
Develop measurement concepts. Implement systems. Understanding data.
In the BridgeLab, you will work on real issues from structural monitoring. You will plan measurement campaigns, set up your own measurement systems and analyze real measurement data from bridge structures. You will combine engineering fundamentals with modern measurement technology and practical project work.
The reliable assessment of bridge structures is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, there is a lack of engineers who can develop monitoring concepts, implement measurement systems and interpret measurement data in a well-founded manner.
This is precisely where the BridgeLab comes in. The module offers a project-oriented learning environment in which you work on real issues from structural monitoring. You will plan your own measurement campaigns, set up measurement systems and analyze real data from existing monitoring projects.
The focus is not only on teaching the basics, but also on applying them in a practical engineering context. You will work with real measurement data and learn how to systematically evaluate, interpret and classify it with regard to structural behavior.
Procedure of the BridgeLab teaching module
Module description
Master's program in Civil Engineering
- The student is familiar with typical damage to bridge structures and is able to assess the need for monitoring
- The student understands sensor technology, component selection and signal processing and is able to set up and operate a simple measurement system
- The student is able to set up a monitoring concept
- The student is able to evaluate, display and assess monitoring data
- Maintenance of bridges
- Typical damage to bridges and its causes
- Basics of condition assessment according to DIN 1076
- Monitoring as a strategic tool
- Sensor technology in structural monitoring, basics of physical measuring principles
- Measurement system components and signal processing
- Setup and commissioning of measurement chains (theory and practical application, setting up a measurement system, carrying out tests)
- Processing and visualization of monitoring data and their interpretation in context (theory and practical application)
- Formal
- The prerequisite for participation in the examination is passing the coursework in this module.
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Content
Knowledge of the following areas should be available (e.g. from a Bachelor's degree course):
- Beam statics: determination of internal forces, stresses, deformations
- Data evaluation (spreadsheet, Excel)
- Cross-section design and stability design in steel construction
This knowledge is taught, for example, in the Bachelor's degree program in Civil Engineering or Dual Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Siegen as part of the following modules:
- 4BAUBA102 "Building Informatics"
- 4BAUBA106 "Construction Mechanics I - Rigid Body Statics"
- 4BAUBA106 "Structural Mechanics II/III - Elastostatics/Dynamics"
- 4BAUBA304 "Steel construction I"
- 4BAUBA305 "Steel construction II"
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Lecturer responsible / Lectures:
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Pak
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Trainers / Exams:
Sebastian Korte M.Sc.
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