7th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. July, 8-11, 2014 - Nantes, France. EWSHM 2014 will be organized with the 2nd European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society.

1. EWSHM 2014 will be organized with the 2nd European
Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management
(PHM) Society.

2. By « structural » health monitoring we mean...
Civil engineering Aerospace & Aeronautic
Energy
Transport

3. Topics / keywords...
Physics / Science :
● Modeling : strucutral behaviour
● Modal analysis, vibration
● Wave propagation
● Statistics
● Signal Processing, acoustic
● Electromagnetic
● ...
Measurement:
● Sensors : smart, wireless, network
● Optic Fiber
● Thermography
● Micro / nano agents, MEMS
● Multiphysics : chemical, piezo...
● ...
Application / feeback / experimentation :
● Energy : pipeline, power plants, wind turbine,
● Aerospace
● Marine
● Railway
● Automotive
● Civil engineering
●
● « SHM in action session »
● ...
Process, maintenance, standard
● V&V, standardization
● Strategy, theory to practise
● Homogeneisation (Aero ↔ Civil Engi)
● Benchmarking
● ...

4. Access :
● By high speed train : 2h from Paris
(railway station at 100m from the international events center)
● Direct acces by plane : Paris (1h), Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf,
Madrid, Milano, Montreal, Munchen, Roma, London …
Where is Nantes ???

5. EWSHM 2014 will take place in La Cité, the
Nantes Events Center
● Located in the city centre
● 100M from Railway station
● Shuttle every 30 minutes from/to the Airport
● Modern equipment : free WiFi, staff, hostesses,
tourism information...
● 450pl auditorium and many 80-100pl rooms
Nantes International Event Center « La Cite »

6. EWSHM 2014 will take place in La Cité, the
Nantes Events Center - Exhibtion companies :
● 2000 m2 of exhibition space
● 6,9,12...m2 booth
● Technical staff for any help
● Lunch and coffee breaks within the exhibition area
Nantes International Event Center « La Cite »

7. ●Boat trip on Erdre river and banquet at the
French castle of « Poterie »
●Gala diner at « nave of Nantes machines »
with an elephant...
A surprising social program...

8. A promising scientific program
Ifsttar laboratory
Common plenary sessions and parallel sessions
Paper, poster presentations, demonstrations...
Indutrial and R&D visits around SHM :
Airbus R&D

9. Nantes : Patrimoine et tourisme
9
The Castle of the Dukes of
Brittany
The Loire river and its
docks
The LU
Tower
The Passage
Pommeraye
Place
Royale
Le Jardin des
Plantes
Nantes, a city of history, culture and
imaginary … a region of tourism

10. Around Nantes
La Baule

11. www.ewshm2014.com

12. See you on 8-11th July 2014, Nantes, France
Some original Structures to monitor...