{"id":16130,"date":"2013-07-19T13:27:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T13:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vesamgroup.com\/?p=16130"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:40:40","slug":"alveolar-metallic-structural-slab-and-monitoring-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vesamgroup.com\/en\/alveolar-metallic-structural-slab-and-monitoring-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Alveolar Metallic Structural Slab and Monitoring System"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16130\" class=\"elementor elementor-16130\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f051af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4f051af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c08bcf6\" data-id=\"c08bcf6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d9b40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03d9b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong><br \/>The use of composite materials in construction, in particular sandwich panels, is increasing more and more each day due to the excellent behavior properties and high strength\/weight ratio. This paper presents the concept of a new structural panel that can be adopted in both bridge decks and slabs of industrial plants. The system is composed by a sandwich panel that includes two steel plates and a core comprising an honeycomb alveolar structure. This type of solution presents several advantages in comparison to traditional solutions being expected that it can be an alternative to traditional decks and slabs of reinforced concrete.<br \/>The structural health monitoring system to be installed in order to characterize the structural behavior, its use and environmental parameters is also described, being currently under development, presenting a low cost, high energy autonomy and reliability. With this approach it is possible to develop a methodology to predict the needs of maintenance of structures installed in remote areas, optimizing the human and material resources to reduce costs.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>AUTHORS:<\/strong><br \/>Filipe Santos<sup>1<\/sup>, Pedro Santos<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><p><em><sup>1<\/sup><\/em><em> VESAM Engenharia SA, Zona Industrial de Cantanhede, Lote 69, Cantanhede, Portugal<\/em><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Paper presented in \u201cII Congresso Luso-Africano de Constru\u00e7\u00e3o Met\u00e1lica Sustent\u00e1vel\u201d, July 19, 2013, Maputo, Mozambique (in Portuguese)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aa09ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6aa09ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcd7729\" data-id=\"dcd7729\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8742cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-stal_core_button\" data-id=\"8742cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"stal_core_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-button qodef-layout--splitted  qodef-html--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vesamgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Artigo-Santos-e-Santos-LAJE-ESTRUTURAL-METALICA-ALVEOLAR-E-O-SISTEMA-DE.pdf\" target=\"_self\"  >\n    <span class=\"qodef-m-text\">\n        See article        <svg class=\"qodef-m-arrowline\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 63 20\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                            <line x1=\"61.6\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"61.6\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <line x1=\"62\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"61.6\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <line x1=\"61.6\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"1\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <path d=\"M61.6,10\"\/>\n                            <line x1=\"61.6\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"61.6\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <line class=\"arrow-up\" x1=\"56.7\" y1=\"5.1\" x2=\"61.6\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <path d=\"M61.6,10\"\/>\n                            <line x1=\"61.6\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"61.6\" y2=\"10\"\/>\n                            <line class=\"arrow-down\" x1=\"61.6\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"56.7\" y2=\"14.9\"\/>\n                        <\/svg>    <\/span>\n    <span class=\"qodef-m-split qodef-split--up\"><\/span>\n    <span class=\"qodef-m-split qodef-split--down\"><\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper presented in \u201cII Congresso Luso-Africano de Constru\u00e7\u00e3o Met\u00e1lica Sustent\u00e1vel\u201d, July 19, 2013, Maputo, Mozambique (in Portuguese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - 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