Postdoc Fellowships(Two) in Automated Damage Localization Systems for Civil Engineering Structures @ Université Libre de Bruxelles(ULB),Belgium- Subject: Mechanical or Civil engineering

Description:. This project deals with the next level of SHM which is damage localization and focuses on the problem of cracking in prestressed concrete. The challenge is to design a data-based damage localization system based on output-only ambient vibrations. The main ingredients of the proposed method are: (i) the use of very large strain sensor networks, (ii) the development of automated and efficient data processing methods based on local spatial filters or several layers of spatio-temporal filters, and (iii) alarm triggering techniques based on unsupervised learning methods. The major innovation in this project is the use of advanced computational techniques for the creation of a large data set of virtual campaigns which are used for the design and optimization of the SHM system. In addition to these virtual campaigns, experimental developments are also foreseen, with a specific emphasis on the evaluation of different techniques for dynamic strain measurements.
Requirements: The candidates should hold a PhD in Mechanical or Civil engineering and should not have been working previously in Belgium. For the first position, experience in numerical modeling preferably in the field of non-linear mechanics or vibrations is necessary. For the second position, experience in experimental vibration testing and instrumentation is required.
Deadline: January 1st 2011
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Postdoctoral Two Fellowships: Automated Damage Localization Systems for Civil Engineering Structures: Application to Cracking in Prestressed Concrete, 2 @ Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB),Belgium- Subject: Mechanical or Civil engineering

Description: This project deals with the next level of SHM which is damage localization and focuses on the problem of cracking in prestressed concrete. The goal of vibration based structural health monitoring (SHM) is to replace costly inspection campaigns by real-time instrumentation and automated data processing in order to estimate the current state of health and the remaining lifetime of structures.The challenge is to design a data-based damage localization system based on output-only ambient vibrations.
Elligibility : The candidates should hold a PhD in Mechanical or Civil engineering and should not have been working previously in Belgium. For the first position, experience in numerical modeling preferably in the field of non-linear mechanics or vibrations is necessary. For the second position, experience in experimental vibration testing and instrumentation is required.
Deadline: January 1st 2011
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