What is MONIT about?

MONIT - „Monitoring of Technical State of Construction and Evaluation of its Lifespan” is a research Project within the Innovative Economy Operational Programme, Measure 1.1 Support for scientific research for establishment of a knowledge – based economy, Sub-measure 1.1.2 Strategic programmes of scientific research and development works.

The research tasks planned to be carried out within the Project are designed to develop innovative global technological solutions for methods and systems of monitoring the state of construction and of warning of emergency situations in objects where low risk level is required.

Estimated Project’s value: 46.000.000 PLN

Duration of the Project: 01.10.2008 - 30.09.2012

The solutions developed through the Project’s implementation – systems of monitoring of technical state of construction and evaluation of its lifespan will be used in almost every industry, for example:

• aviation,
• power,
• transport,
• chemical industry
• and in monitoring of the technical state of building structures such as
  1. industrial halls,
  2. sports halls,
  3. exhibition halls,
  4. stadiums,
  5. bridges,
  6. road viaducts and railway viaducts, and in many others.

The possibility of using the new technological solutions developed under the Project in almost every industry, underlines the importance of the undertaken research. The technologies developed under the Project MONIT will allow for ongoing monitoring of many public utility facilities and instant information about various hazards gathered through the technologies mentioned above will enhance the level of human life protection.

Objective of the Project

The strategic objective of the Project is to raise the level and quality of life of Polish inhabitants by encouraging competition and innovation in a knowledge-based economy. Achieving the strategic objective will be possible by carrying out the research tasks and through the development of innovative global technology solutions within the methods of construction state monitoring and of warning of possible emergency situations in objects where low risk level is required. Within the Project various research tasks will be carried out. They will contribute development of innovative global technology solutions for non-destructive methods of construction state monitoring („Structural Health Monitoring” – „SHM”).

Who is involved?

The project, which is coordinated by Warsaw University of Technology, is carried out by research teams representing the following leading research institutions in Poland:

1. Teams of Warsaw University of Technology
   • Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering
   • Faculty of Civil Engineering,
   • Faculty of Mechatronics,
   • Faculty of Transport;

1. Team of AGH University of Science and Technology: Department of Robotics and Mechatronics
2. Team of Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences; Department of Intelligent Technologies;
3. Team of the Szewalski Institute of Fluid – Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences: Department of Mechanics of Intelligent Structures.

Project in numbers The results of the Project are going to be among others:

1. Development and implementation to the industrial practice of at least 16 Structural Health Monitoring Systems.
2. 16 patent applications;
3. More than 150 publications;
4. 22 implementations developed through the research programs;
5. Purchase of 40 sets of research equipment, etc.

The technologies developed under the Project MONIT will allow for ongoing monitoring of many public utility facilities and instant information about various threats gathered through the systems will significantly contribute to improving the safety of the users of such facilities.

Contact data:

Project Office - MONIT
Warsaw University of Technology
Faculty of Transport
Koszykowa 75
00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Phone:(+ 48 22) 234 55 79; Fax: (+48 22) 425 65 43
e-mail: monit.sekret@it.pw.edu.pl