The paper reports the description, the proposed methodology and the main outcomes of the research project “MOSCARDO - Tecnologie ICT per il MOnitoraggio Strutturale di Costruzioni Antiche basato su Reti di sensori wireless e DrOni” (ICT technologies for structural monitoring of Ancient Constructions based on wireless sensor networks and drones) that is spanning from 2016 to 2018. MOSCARDO is funded by Tuscany Region Administration (Italy) and is developed by a consortium which includes an Italian University (University of Florence, through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), an Institute of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR, the largest public research institution in Italy, through the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “A. Faedo”), and two private companies (Infomobility srl – www.infomobility-italia.com - and Engineering Italy Solutions srl - www.eisolutions.it). The project aims, by the creation of a network that collects complementary knowledge and expertise, at deepening the technical and scientific knowledge in the field of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) for wireless long-term monitoring of built heritage. Last decades in fact have seen the growth of an exponential interest toward the monitoring activities of historic constructions, as today the monitoring (or the regular periodic control) is being considered one of the major components of a system of procedures able to assure the capacity of a structure to survive, adapt and even transform (i.e. by retrofit or reparation) when external conditions require it. The research project is, hence, aimed at designing, testing and providing new ICT tools, such as for instance a network of wireless accelerometers and/or strain gauges, able to operate in both ordinary and emergency conditions, for long-term monitoring of built heritage purposes. From one hand the architecture of a network of wireless sensors (WSN) is investigated and designed with specific reference to the requirement of an historic construction; from the other hand the designed system is tested on representative case studies towers in Tuscany (Italy): two historic masonry towers (the “Torre Grossa” in San Gimignano and the “Mastio di Matilde” in Livorno) and the “Voltone” (a large vaulted masonry structure located beneath Repubblica’a square in Livorno).

The MOSCARDO Project: ICT technologies for structural monitoring of ancient constructions based on wireless sensor networks / Bartoli, Gianni; Betti, Michele; Pintucchi, BARBARA LORENZA. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 132-141. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models - Design and Rehabilitation of Structures. CoRASS 2017 tenutosi a Coimbra, Portogallo nel 16-17 Novembre, 2017).

The MOSCARDO Project: ICT technologies for structural monitoring of ancient constructions based on wireless sensor networks

Bartoli Gianni;Betti Michele;Pintucchi Barbara
2017

Abstract

The paper reports the description, the proposed methodology and the main outcomes of the research project “MOSCARDO - Tecnologie ICT per il MOnitoraggio Strutturale di Costruzioni Antiche basato su Reti di sensori wireless e DrOni” (ICT technologies for structural monitoring of Ancient Constructions based on wireless sensor networks and drones) that is spanning from 2016 to 2018. MOSCARDO is funded by Tuscany Region Administration (Italy) and is developed by a consortium which includes an Italian University (University of Florence, through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), an Institute of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR, the largest public research institution in Italy, through the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione “A. Faedo”), and two private companies (Infomobility srl – www.infomobility-italia.com - and Engineering Italy Solutions srl - www.eisolutions.it). The project aims, by the creation of a network that collects complementary knowledge and expertise, at deepening the technical and scientific knowledge in the field of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) for wireless long-term monitoring of built heritage. Last decades in fact have seen the growth of an exponential interest toward the monitoring activities of historic constructions, as today the monitoring (or the regular periodic control) is being considered one of the major components of a system of procedures able to assure the capacity of a structure to survive, adapt and even transform (i.e. by retrofit or reparation) when external conditions require it. The research project is, hence, aimed at designing, testing and providing new ICT tools, such as for instance a network of wireless accelerometers and/or strain gauges, able to operate in both ordinary and emergency conditions, for long-term monitoring of built heritage purposes. From one hand the architecture of a network of wireless sensors (WSN) is investigated and designed with specific reference to the requirement of an historic construction; from the other hand the designed system is tested on representative case studies towers in Tuscany (Italy): two historic masonry towers (the “Torre Grossa” in San Gimignano and the “Mastio di Matilde” in Livorno) and the “Voltone” (a large vaulted masonry structure located beneath Repubblica’a square in Livorno).
2017
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models - Design and Rehabilitation of Structures
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models - Design and Rehabilitation of Structures. CoRASS 2017
Coimbra, Portogallo
16-17 Novembre, 2017
Bartoli, Gianni; Betti, Michele; Pintucchi, BARBARA LORENZA
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