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Mechatronics for Cultural Heritage and Civil Engineering

  • Redefines problems outside normal boundaries and reaches solutions based on a new understanding of complex situations
  • Guides the applied emerging technology through a synthetic presentation of practical advanced case studies in the field
  • Shows that the integrated development of new technologies for the management of existing and new infrastructures produces less failures

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Mechatronics in the Process of Cultural Heritage and Civil Infrastructure Management

    • Vincenzo Gattulli, Erika Ottaviano, Assunta Pelliccio
    Pages 1-31
  3. Robotics and Automation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
    2. Timed Cellular Automata-Based Tool for the Analysis of Urban Road Traffic Models

      • Camelia Avram, Adina Astilean, Eduardo Valente
      Pages 35-61
    3. Process Analysis of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots for Automated Construction

      • Tobias Bruckmann, Arnim J. Spengler, Christian K. Karl, Christopher Reichert, Markus König
      Pages 63-83
    4. Design of Reconfigurable Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

      • Lorenzo Gagliardini, Marc Gouttefarde, Stéphane Caro
      Pages 85-113
    5. Distance Geometry in Active Structures

      • Josep M. Porta, Nicolás Rojas, Federico Thomas
      Pages 115-136
    6. New Trends in Residential Automation

      • José Reinaldo Silva, Javier Martinez Silva, Celina Pereira, Camelia Avram, Sergiu Dan-Stan
      Pages 137-157
  4. Digital Technologies for Cultural Heritage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Digital Technology and Mechatronic Systems for the Architectural 3D Metric Survey

      • Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua, Gabriella Caroti, Andrea Piemonte, Alessandro Ariel Terranova
      Pages 161-180
    3. Cultural Heritage Documentation, Analysis and Management Using Building Information Modelling: State of the Art and Perspectives

      • Filiberto Chiabrando, Vincenzo Donato, Massimiliano Lo Turco, Cettina Santagati
      Pages 181-202
    4. GIS-Based Study of Land Subsidence in the City of Bologna

      • Rose Line Spacagna, Giuseppe Modoni
      Pages 235-256
    5. Infrared Thermography of Walls in Residential Buildings in Historic Workers’ Housing Estates in Upper Silesia

      • Magdalena Żmudzińska-Nowak, Paweł Krause, Magdalena Krause
      Pages 257-267
  5. Civil Structural Health Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
    2. Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Smart Heritage and Infrastructures in Spain

      • F. Javier Baeza, Salvador Ivorra, David Bru, F. Borja Varona
      Pages 271-294
    3. Vibration-Based Monitoring of Civil Structures with Subspace-Based Damage Detection

      • Michael Döhler, Falk Hille, Laurent Mevel
      Pages 307-326
    4. Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Reinforced Masonry Structures Across Multiple Scales

      • Eleni N. Chatzi, Savvas P. Triantafyllou, Clemente Fuggini
      Pages 327-355

About this book

This book presents recent advances in mechatronic and integrated monitoring and management systems with applications to architectural, archaeology survey, construction management and civil engineering. It consists of 16 chapters authored by recognized experts in a variety of fields including dynamics, signal processing, inverse modeling, robotics and automation, in particular, here applied to design and construction of civil structures and architectural survey, monitoring and maintenance of cultural heritage assets, structures and infrastructure. The book is organized in three main sections: “Robotics and Automation”, “Digital Technologies for Cultural Heritage” and “Civil Structural Health Monitoring”. Topics include image processing for automated visual inspection, fiber optical sensor technology, wireless sensor monitoring, bridge inspection and monitoring of tunnel infrastructures, design tools for construction engineering, smart cities. Direct and inverse modeling of multibodysystems and robots contributes to the development of applications for civil engineering and smart cities. Digital technology and mechatronic systems changes the way of looking at restoration of historical and archeological sites, analysis, inspection, visualization, management systems and sensor network for Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI). Combined use of geographical information system (GIS), laser scanner, remote sensing, digital thermography and drones as integrated systems permits to highlight new frontier for building and infrastructure knowledge.

The book offers a valuable reference work for scientists, architects, engineers, researchers and practitioners in engineering and architecture since the integrated development of new technologies for the design and management of existing and new infrastructure may produce a new market of services and products for safe and economically optimized infrastructure management.

Through the dissemination of advanced research developments in mechatronics and integrated management systems, the book promotes exchanges and collaborations among researchers of different disciplines. The book contributes to further advancements in the rapidly growing field of integration of robotic, automation and information technologies in the area of facilities and infrastructure management and construction processes.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

    Erika Ottaviano, Assunta Pelliccio

  • Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Vincenzo Gattulli

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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