Hello everyone, and welcome on my first blog!
I hope you started this 2016 in the best way. One of my New
Year’s resolutions is this Blog…so let’s start with the first post!
Probably a brief introduction would be a good idea to start.
Well, my name is Giulia Milana and I’m 27 years old. I am from Italy and in
particular from Rome, where I’ve lived almost all my life. Of course my opinion
is a little bit partial, but if you have never been there you should definitely
go! It’s amazing! =)
I graduated in Civil Engineering from University of Rome ‘La
Sapienza’ and after that I did my Master in Structural Engineering at the same
University. After my studies, I did an Internship with StroNGER, mainly
focusing on steel structures and FEM analyses; and at the meantime I was working further
on my thesis with my Master’s supervisor in order to research additional
aspects that resulted in publishing some papers. I think this period led me to
the decision to pursue a PhD program; indeed, I believe it is a great
opportunity to deal with challenging aspect of a particular field developing critical thinking and being able to see the big picture. After some research I
bumped into this extraordinary opportunity with TRUSS ITN. I applied for the
PhD position, and fortunately after a few days a pleasant news came: I was selected
as one of the 14 Early Stage Researcher in TRUSS ITN.
TRUSS (Training in Reducing Uncertainty in Structural
Safety) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation program under the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network
(ITN). Involving 4 leading Universities and 11 companies from 5 different
counties, TRUSS is able to provide an international and multi-disciplinary
dimension, giving us the opportunity to thrive in an exciting environment.
My project, ESR6, is entitled ‘Residual life assessment and
management of ship unloaders’. During this research project I’m hosted by Lloyd’s
Register, at the Global Technology Centre in Southampton, and also a secondment
of 6 months at University College of Dublin is planned. This is an exciting
project that involves multiple aspects, such as failures, fatigue design
assessment and structural reliability for critical steel infrastructure like
port’s cranes. I will deal in particular with structural reliability, in order
to reduce uncertainties related to more traditional methodologies currently
employed to identify residual life of ship unloaders. The Finite Element model
of the ship unloader will play a major role in the structural analyses, for
this reason different models will be developed, reducing gradually the gap with
the real structure. Dealing with existing structure, the first step is to
identify the current condition, mainly in terms of loading and environment, and
collect all the data from load testing and modal survey. Once this step is completed
it is possible to build up the model, analyse the structural behaviour and
carry out residual life assessment.
I started this project in September 2015, and during the
first months I have conducted mainly a review of the existing literature, to enter
the field and understand better the methodologies available. I'm starting to build the model, and I hope I'll be able to give you exciting results soon. I hope you will enjoy my project as much as I do!
See you soon!
Giulia
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