EWSHM 2014 will be organized with the 2nd European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management

(PHM) Society. 

By « structural » health monitoring we mean...

Civil engineering Aerospace & Aeronautic

EnergyTransport

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● ...

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 ???

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 »

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 »

●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...

A promising scientific program

Ifsttar laboratory

Common plenary sessions and parallel sessionsPaper, poster presentations, demonstrations...

Indutrial and R&D visits around SHM :

Airbus R&D

Nantes : Patrimoine et tourisme

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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

Around Nantes

La Baule

www.ewshm2014.com

See you on 8-11th July 2014, Nantes, France

Some original Structures to monitor...