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S2HM in Some European Countries

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This paper compiles and describes the national initiatives and projects on Seismic Structural Health Monitoring (S2HM) active in a number of European countries. Sensors networks and typical layouts, data processing techniques and policies adopted for the management of alerts are described for the different national programs. The different policies adopted for the access to data are also described. Applications to buildings, bridges or cultural heritage constructions are used to describe in detail the seismic SHM systems installed in Italy, France, Greece and Portugal.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially funded by the Italian Civil Protection Department within project DPC‐RELUIS 2017–2018. RESIF is a national research infrastructure managed by the RESIF Consortium, composed of 18 research institutions and universities in France. RESIF is also supported by a public grant, supervised by the French national research agency (ANR) as part of the “Investissements d’Avenir” programme (reference: ANR-11-EQPX-0040) and the French Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition. RAP national building array programme was launched thanks to funding from the environment ministry, Martinique regional council, Grenoble city council and the Pyrenees regional agency for development (DDT65). During its research efforts, ITSAK have collaborated with various scientists from the Civil Engineering Dpts. of the Aristotle University, the Dpt. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, as well as the Municipality of Delta, Thessaloniki, the EL.PE. Oil Company and the Bridge Maintenance Dpt. of Egnatia Odos S.A. Their particular contributions are noted in the respective literature. Many thanks are also due to the Institute’s technical and IT staff, for their invaluable contribution in the instrumentation efforts and the proper maintenance of the electronic equipment.

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  1. Politecnico di Milano, Department Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Maria Pina Limongelli

  2. Department of Civil Protection, Via Vitorchiano 2, 00189, Rome, Italy

    Mauro Dolce & Daniele Spina

  3. Institute of Earth Science, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, CS40700, 38058, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    Philippe Guéguen, Mickael Langlais, David Wolinieck & Emeline Maufroy

  4. Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Research Division of Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (EPPO-ITSAK), Dassyliou Str., GR55535 Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos Z. Karakostas, Vassilios A. Lekidis, Konstantinos Morfidis, Thomas Salonikios, Emmanouil Rovithis & Konstantia Makra

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal

    Maria Giovanna Masciotta & Paulo B. Lourenço

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Limongelli, M.P. et al. (2019). S2HM in Some European Countries. In: Limongelli, M., Çelebi, M. (eds) Seismic Structural Health Monitoring. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13976-6_13

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