POLYTECT- Industrial Smart Material Applications (IMSA), Manufacture, Build, Monitor, Assess, Predict, and Manage

MTP Theme:

Key Technologies

The objective of the proposed MTP Initiative is to create an international IMS community that will discuss aspects, disseminate knowledge and initiate new actions along the following points:

•    Identification of exploitable industrial applications for sensor embedded materials, acquisition systems, and management software where structural health monitoring and life-cycle management are both desirable and feasible.

•    Development of rugged sensing technologies, able to withstand industrial manufacturing, construction demands, and environmental conditions over long periods of time.

•    Development of cost-effective data acquisition systems

•    Cost effective integration of sensing technologies into materials such as technical textiles (e.g. used for stabilisation of embankments or seismic reinforcement of elements), smart concrete/mortar (with self-sensing and/or self/repair functions), smart composites, and others.

•    Development of simple SHM algorithms and data interpretation methods specific to the targeted application.

•    Development of assessment methods and prediction models specific to the targeted application that enable life-cycle management actions.