8th European Workshop On Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM 2016), 5-8 July 2016, Spain, Bilbao www.ndt.net/app.EWSHM2016 Health monitoring and damage assessment using a georadar: case studies and challenges in Cuba Ernesto L. CHAGOYÉN Méndez1, Carlos A. RECAREY Morfa1, Alexis CLARO Duménigo1, Rafael RAMÍREZ Díaz2, Gregorio ARAGÓN3, Marja RODRÍGUEZ Castellanos3, Vivian ELENA Parnas4, Geert LOMBAERT5, Dirk ROOSE6 1 Wpkxgtukfcf"Egpvtcn"ÐOctvc"CdtgwÑ"fg"Ncu"Xknncu (UCLV), Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CUBA
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[email protected] More info about this article: Keywords: structural health monitoring, railway brigde, vibration analysis, georadar Abstract Cuba has a dense railway network with a high number of bridges. The railway network was established 177 years ago and had his golden age in the past century. Steel bridges in this network are often more than 100 years old. According to data from 2005, 30 % of the bridges are in bad condition and a speed limit of 15 km/h was imposed. The highway network and communication infrastructure are characterized by similar problems, for example, 59 television towers have failed in the period 1996 Î 2012 of which 70% were in operation for at least 30 years.