Tulio Bittencourt, Monitoring of Structural Integrity of Mixed Concrete-Steel Railway Bridges
Some fundamental concepts of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and its application were presented. The application of these techniques to study the structural integrity of mixed concrete-steel railway bridges is addressed. Some examples were presented to illustrate some possible uses of SHM in different circumstances. A brief description of the equipment used in these studies and some key results were also presented.
Dr. Tulio N. Bittencourt is a full professor on Structural Material Systems at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Brasília in 1984. He completed his M.Sc. degree in Structural Engineering at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1988. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from Cornel University in 1993. He joined the University of Sao Paulo as a faculty member in Civil Engineering since 1996. He is currently the President of the IABMAS Brazilian Group and has served as the President of the Brazilian Concrete Institute – IBRACON from 2013 to 2016.
