Infrastar Training School on Fatigue and Reliability Analysis of Structures - Training for Assessment of Risk

Abstract

The Infrastar training school (https://trainingschool.infrastar.eu/) provides lectures and hands-on training to Master and PhD students, early-stage researchers, young professionals on all aspects of asset management of civil infrastructures with respect to fatigue of materials. It is organized yearly since 2019 and up to 20 profiles are selected to attend the 3,5-day training. A team of 7 teachers provides multi-disciplinary and intersectoral basic concepts in three core fields, ranging from the design to the dismantling of the structures (bridges and wind turbines): 1. Monitoring and auscultation. 2. Structural and action models. 3. Reliability, risk and decision analyses. Each year, a recognized expert is invited to deliver a keynote to raise interest in a specific aspect of one of the fields covered. The presentation is recorded and published on the training school website. A participant who successfully has taken part in the Infrastar training school are able to understand: 1. How to smarten the structures and its benefits. 2. How to model structural and material behaviours under loading. 3. How to develop, perform and assess structural risks and the value of structural information.