Invitation to the Kick-Off of "IDA-KI"

On 1 January 2022, the new joint research project IDA-KI will start, which will be funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure with a total of 2.4 million euros as part of the mFUND innovation initiative. In addition to the scientific goal of realising a digital twin for bridge structures, the project is intended to make a sustainable contribution to the structural strengthening of the Lausitz coal region.

The "IDA-KI" project aims to create the scientific basis for a reliable condition assessment of bridge structures in near real time and for predictive, anticipatory maintenance. A model bridge will be built and equipped with sensors during construction, which will allow the monitoring concept and the evaluation algorithms to be validated "in fast motion". Through load tests as well as targeted damage to redundant measurement technology, a real data basis can be created for the first time, which in future will make it possible to differentiate between measurement errors, influences from the ageing of the measurement system and structural changes to the structure.

The demonstrator structure, which is being built in Bautzen, will be expanded as a real laboratory and will also serve as a place for scientific exchange in the coal region after the project period. By developing a digital "as maintained" model, new business fields can be established and qualified jobs created.

Further information on the project can be found here: https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/DG/mfund-projekte/ida-ki.html

We would like to cordially invite you to the public part of the kick-off. The programme and all relevant information on the kick-off meeting can be found below:

What? Kick-off meeting
When? 25 January 2022, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where? https://idaki.dd-konferenz.de

Agenda

I. Public part
10:00 Start Part I

• Welcome address Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Marx
• Greeting by BMVI/mFUND Hans-Daniel Hartmann
• Presentation of the project incl. the consortium partners Max Herbers
• Technical lecture 1: The digital twin for bridge operation Dr.-Ing. Marc Wenner
• Technical lecture 2: Challenges of digitalisation Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kay Smarsly in civil engineering
• Discussion and questions among the participants

12:00 End of Part I