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CATEGORIES:Engineering Department Structures Research Seminar
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SUMMARY:Connecting the dots: the power of using distribute
 d sensors to monitor structural behaviour  - Andre
  Brault\, Research Associate\, CUED.
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181109T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181109T160000
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/113200
DESCRIPTION: Andre Brault recently joined the University of Ca
 mbridge as a Research Associate in the Concrete & 
 Composite Structures Group (CCSG) under the superv
 ision of Professor Janet Lees. Prior to arriving i
 n the UK\, Andre completed his PhD at Queen’s Univ
 ersity in Kingston\, Canada\, where his research f
 ocused on using distributed fibre optic sensors to
  monitor reinforced concrete structures. His PhD s
 upervisor was Dr. Neil Hoult\, a familiar name to 
 many in the Structures Group (he did his PhD with 
 Professor Janet Lees and a Postdoc with Professor 
 Campbell Middleton). \n\nIn this talk\, Andre will
  summarize his PhD research. Specifically\, he’ll 
 discuss the development of sensing techniques for 
 measuring distributed reinforcement strain profile
 s\, distributed bending deflections\, and crack wi
 dths. The techniques developed are able to capture
  structural behaviour in more detail than possible
  before\, which will be demonstrated by investigat
 ing the results of lab experiments and results fro
 m a load test performed on a reinforced concrete b
 uilding in Ottawa\, Canada. Comprehensive data set
 s of this nature have the potential to provide cri
 tical information for optimising structural elemen
 ts and improving assessment moving forward. Finall
 y\, as Andre has just arrived in Cambridge\, he wi
 ll also use his presentation as an opportunity to 
 introduce himself to the Structures Group. \n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LT6
CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
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