The tunnel research center Zentrum am Berg (ZAB) is a unique research for all aspects in tunnelling from construction to operation and maintenance. The whole day field trip concentrates on the structural health monitoring of new and exisiting tunnels. We will visit the four tunnel tubes of the research center and make a ride in an old mining truck.

Bus trip to ZaB starting from Graz University of Technology

This technical tour leads to the geodetic measurment lab where monitoring instruments like total stations, laser scanner, fiber optic sensors etc. are tested and calibrated. In the second part of the tour we will visit the construction lab with its loading test facilities and non destructive testing methods.

Location: Laboratories of Graz University of Technology

Depending on the status of construction activities this tour will lead to monitoring sites of the subway lines in Vienna or to the tunnel construction site of the Semmering Base Tunnel. More detailed information will be available at the time of conference registration.

Location: Bus trip to construction site starting from Graz University of Technology

In this workshop you will learn about the technical possibilities and limitations of wireless monitoring systems to address relevant issues in structural monitoring. This ranges from the selection of measurement methodology, sensors and wireless data transmission technologies to aspects of sensor calibration and data processing and visualisation. Practical applications for different scenarios are presented. Finally, some wireless technologies will be demonstrated in a hands-on laboratory workshop using an experimental setup.

Organisers: Markus Krüger / Stefan Burtscher

Location: Graz University of Technology