Facilities

SHM LAB - Lab of Structural Health Monitoring

This is one of the Labs of the "Ercole De Castro" interdisciplinary research center (ARCES) which also hosts the Joint Research Lab with STMicroelectronics.

The SHM Lab is equipped with prototype structures, data acquisition systems, and structure modeling & simulation platforms. Examples of structures available in the LAB  include wings and plates in aluminum and composite material, as well as physical models of spaceframe structures (e.g. 80 struts).

The Lab is designed to support research along the entire SHM value chain. It has been recently equipped with a Laser-vibrometer for high-frequency vibrations and wavefield measurements.

The Lab offers tools to design and test sensors and transducers for the measurement of physical quantities in several frequency ranges (displacement, inclination, temperature, acceleration, strain, etc.) and to configure and deploy wired and wireless sensor networks. It also offers facilities for data analytics, data-driven model design, and verification. 

The SHM Lab is located in the Blu Hall of ARCES-STAR Lab and it is part of a multi-disciplinary environment since the same building hosts other advanced UNIBO labs as well as business incubators and accelerators. This facilitates access to and cross-fertilization with state-of-the-art technologies and innovation experts.