FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering
CIVE 418 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Structural Health Monitoring
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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CIVE 418
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Elective
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Problem SolvingLecture / Presentation | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) |
Course Objectives | Structural Health Monitoring examines the use of low-cost, long term monitoring\nsystems to keep civil infrastructure under constant surveillance, ensuring structural integrity.Moreover, the tools and skills the students will learn in this class can be implemented to\ndevelop sustainable maintenance and rehabilitation schemes and programs. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Structural Health Monitoring covers the concepts of rapid after disaster assessment of civil infrastructure. The tools and skills incorporated within the curriculum of this class provide quantitative means to assess the structural integrity loss a system undergoes after natural disasters and other hazardous events. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses |
X
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Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction, Scope of health monitoring, necessities and importance. | Chapter 1. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
2 | Commonly used measurement techniques and instrumentation types | Chapter 1. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
3 | Approaches to a monitoring problem; options; constraints (cost, duration, site specific issues); parameters. General overview of structure types including historical structures. | Chapter 2. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
4 | Basic measurement sensor types and their working principles. Sensor calibration examples. | Chapter 2. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
5 | Data acquisition systems, working principles of A/D converters, memory requirements versus measurement type and frequency. | Chapter 3. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
6 | Preliminary modelling, selection of critical measurement locations, measured data comparison by analytical simulation, analytical model calibration. Design of measurement setup, installation, and cabling issues | Chapter 3. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Remote communication and control; alert system, thresholds; cost estimation. Programming of data acquisition systems. Differences between short-term, repeated, long-term data acquisition | Chapter 4. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
9 | Short-term field testing, post-processing of long-term field measured data | Chapter 4. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
10 | Vibration measurement, modal analysis, modal frequencies, FFT, analytical modelling and simulation of test/ambient loads. | Chapter 5. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
11 | Noise effect on measured data, minimization of noise. Correlation of results; basic model updating and optimization techniques; sensitivity analysis. | Chapter 5. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
12 | Simulation impact load location and impact point detection; multilateration and triangulation techniques. Simple applications of objective function definition and optimization. | Chapter 6. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
13 | Moving FFT and wavelet analysis techniques; Neural Networks and practical applications. | Chapter 6. W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
14 | Semester project presentations of each group. | |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | W. Staszewski, C. Boller, G. Tomlinson. Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures: Smart Sensor Technologies and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,, 2003. ISBN: 9780470843406. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Helmut Wenzel, Dieter Pichler, Ambient Vibration Monitoring, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005. ISBN: 9780470024300. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 1997, NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA 273 |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
1
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20
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Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
1
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20
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Final Exam |
1
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40
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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60
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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3
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42
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
1
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15
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15
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Presentation / Jury |
1
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25
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25
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Project |
0
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
1
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20
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20
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Final Exam |
1
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30
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30
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Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To have adequate knowledge in Mathematics, Science and Civil Engineering; to be able to use theoretical and applied information in these areas on complex engineering problems. |
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2 | To be able to identify, define, formulate, and solve complex Civil Engineering problems; to be able to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. |
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3 | To be able to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the requirements; to be able to apply modern design methods for this purpose. |
X | ||||
4 | To be able to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for analysis and solution of complex problems in engineering applications. |
X | ||||
5 | To be able to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating complex engineering problems or Civil Engineering research topics. |
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6 | To be able to work efficiently in Civil Engineering disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; to be able to work individually. |
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7 | To be able to communicate effectively in Turkish, both orally and in writing; to be able to author and comprehend written reports, to be able to prepare design and implementation reports, to present effectively, to be able to give and receive clear and comprehensible instructions. |
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8 | To have knowledge about global and social impact of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to have knowledge about contemporary issues as they pertain to engineering; to be aware of the legal ramifications of engineering solutions. |
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9 | To be aware of ethical behavior, professional and ethical responsibility; to have knowledge about standards utilized in engineering applications. |
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10 | To have knowledge about industrial practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; to have awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development. |
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11 | To be able to collect data in the area of Civil Engineering, and to be able to communicate with colleagues in a foreign language; |
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12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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13 | To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information, to be able to stay current with developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Civil Engineering. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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