Historic Digital Survey (HDS) is a research project looking into how digital documentation and data processing can benefit the maintenance and repair of the traditional built environment. The project, conducted by the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University, in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland, aims to make use of point-cloud data to enable better monitoring, diagnosis, maintenance and repair
Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (CFRPs) have been used as tensile members for 25 years in prestressed concrete pilot applications, and recently as hangers in network arch railway bridges
Driven by recent advances in manufacturing, materials sciences, and a concatenation of demanding engineering challenges, structured materials with novel properties and encoded functionalities are g
