Next-generation of Monitoring Systems towards Infrastructure Resilience

Abstract

Resilience has become an increasingly important concept in our society. More precisely, it is a concept that applies to many aspects related to human life quality, from ecology and environment to societal and organizational structures as well as from infrastructure and built environment to economy. In this context, this work aims to introduce a concept on Structural Health Monitoring to enhance the resilience of infrastructure. Firstly, how monitoring may offer useful information to the pre-event measures (pro-active monitoring) and the post-event measures (reactive monitoring) is introduced. Then, the Performance Indicators (PI) that may significantly benefit from monitoring data, i.e. better quantification, will be identified, including policy indicators, technical-specific indicators, and economic and social indicators. Finally, and towards the desired better quantification, both current monitoring techniques and future trends, by benefiting from Industry 4.0, will be addressed.