EMPA/Mechanical Systems Engineering
Expert in mechanical systems engineering
Christian
EMPA
SMTS
Structure Monitoring system for high performance Transportation Systems

EMPA/Mechanical Systems Engineering
Expert in the non-destructive testing of plastics and composites
Andreas J. Brunner
EMPA
NTB/EMS/Industrielle Elektronik
Expert in networked electronic systems and wireless communication between
different low-power electronic components
Andreas Heinzelmann
NTB
ETHZ/Automatic Control Laboratory
Expert in the modelling and constrained control of hybrid systems
Manfred Morari
ETHZ

Project Description

Safe and cost-effective operation of transportation structures is an issue of considerable importance. An increasing maintenance effort is required to operate transportation structures for increasingly long service-lives.  Use of high-performance structures made from light-weight composite materials has also intensified research in damage mechanics and damage prevention. 

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Notable publications

A wireless sensor system for structural health monitoring with guided ultrasonic waves and piezoelectric transducers
Ch. Durager, A. Heinzelmann, D. Riederer
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 9:11, 1177-1186

Posters from 2012


Structure Monitoring for High Performance Transportation Systems
Durager, Morari, Brunner