SHMII 11, August 8-12, 2022, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-11), ISSN: 2564-3738
- Publisher: International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII), Can be downloaded/purchased from www.ishmii.org (free download for ISHMII members).
- Editor: Ashutosh Bagchi
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Abstract
The concept of Structural health monitoring (SHM) as we know today emerged around the late 1980s. The idea of SHM draws parallel to the human health monitoring and classical medical checkup and diagnosis; and it employs sensor-based monitoring and control (monitoring) of engineering structures. The International Society of Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII) enjoys a proud history of providing leadership in SHM of civil engineering structures by engaging the leading institutions and individuals with a global representation from the applied and theoretical arenas to ensure structural safety, economic prosperity of the society, and a high quality of life. In recent years, a number of grand challenges have emerged which challenged the profession’s ability to continue designing and maintaining infrastructure in the traditional ways. The civil engineering community is facing grand challenges in how to innovatively design and construct more durable and safer infrastructure systems while being responsible stewards of the natural environment. The field is now exploring new ways of developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure with high maintainability, lower levels of embodied energy, while emitting lower levels of greenhouse gases during construction and operation. The civil engineering challenges necessitate new approaches to learning how infrastructure systems respond to both normal and extreme load conditions. Sensors are the key elements of the SHM technologies that provide civil engineers with an unprecedented opportunity to gather relevant information on the response of an infrastructure system and help making appropriate decision on its maintenance and rehabilitation. Surveillance and observation are the main elements that aid professions to appropriately model their systems, improve system designs, and optimize future operations and maintenance processes. The recent developments in wireless and optical sensors, smart materials and systems, big data, and artificial intelligence have changed the ways in which SHM systems are developed and deployed. Undoubtedly, these trends have improved the sensing arsenal available to civil engineers to observe their systems while lowering traditional barriers to adoption including cost and ease of use. With the active support of ISHMII the 11th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-11) was organized and held during 8-12 August 2022 at Concordia University, Montreal. The objective of this international conference was to bring together all stakeholders involved in Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure so as to provide a forum to discuss the civil engineering problems and solutions with innovative technologies and help the publication of an authenticated reference material for future planning and action. The conference mainly emphasized the latest SHM technologies, their effectiveness, and shortcomings. In the post-Covid 19 scenario, the conference was delivered in a hybrid format for the first time in its history, with a substantial in-person attendance coupled with remote participation from across the world. Apart from the hybrid format, the success of the conference is also drawn from its unique features including innovative student-oriented programs, industry-driven sessions on SHM in action, social program, and the site visit to the highly instrumented signature bridge in Montreal, the new Champlain Bridge. There were very high-caliber keynote speakers from different geographic regions across the world, and about half of them were women. On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to thank all the participants, keynote speakers, sponsors and partners, reviewers, and volunteers. Special thanks to ISHMII and Concordia University for their unwavering support.