Preparatory Course on Dynamic Experimental Testing, Lisbon, September 23, 2012
Dates: 23 and 25-26 September 2012
Place: LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal
Course overview: This course focuses on offering a basic comprehension and on developing essential skills required for the preparation, analysis and interpretation of shaking table tests. The subjects will be introduced using a practical-oriented approach, by means of slide-based lectures and hands-on sessions. Special interaction will be made with the on-going 15WCEE Blind Test Challenge tests (25-26 September 2012).
Audience: SERIES Transnational Access users, researchers and technicians engaged or interested in shaking table tests from other research infrastructures in the SERIES project, or from external ones.
Registration fee: Free of charge.
The number of places available for the course is limited. Priority will be given to SERIES Transnational Access users and to research and technical personnel from other research infrastructures in the SERIES project. Notification of application acceptance will be sent after September 1st, 2012; TA Users will be notified at an earlier date.
Applicants should complete an application form and send it to Anabela Martins (anabela@lnec.pt).
Course programme (click to download)
Course Presentations (click on title to download)
1. Preparatory Course on Dynamic Experimantal Testing (Alfredo Campos Costa)
2. Physical Modelling, Instrumentation and Testing (Paulo Xavier Candeias)
3. Practical Introduction to Measurements, Signal Processing and System Identification for Dynamic Testing (Luis Mendes)
Breakdown of attendees per country
Breakdown of attendees per category
Dissemination
- Documents
- Joint brochure
- Training courses
- Preparatory Course on Experimental Testing, Pavia, March 2010
- Preparatory Course on Pseudodynamic Experimental Testing, Ispra, November 2010
- Preparatory Course on Seismic Qualification, Bristol, January 2011
- Preparatory Course on Physical Modelling in Centrifuge Tests, IFSTTAR, March 2011
- Preparatory Course on Shaking Table Tests, Saclay, 25 January 2012
- Preparatory Course on Dynamic Experimental Testing, Lisbon, September 23, 2012
- Workshops
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Highlights
What's next
SERIES Concluding Workshop
Joint with US-NEES "Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructures