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Publications

A selection of my published research

Book Chapters

The Future of Structural Health Monitoring with Extended Reality

2025

Nuno Verdelho Trindade, Alfredo Ferreira, Daniel Gonçalves, Sérgio Oliveira

Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry, Chapter 30

Plain text (IEEE)

N. Verdelho Trindade, A. Ferreira, D. Gonçalves, and S. Oliveira, "The future of structural health monitoring with extended reality," in Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry, Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering. Elsevier, 2025, pp. 593–620, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-29861-5.00030-5.

BibTeX

@incollection{verdelhotrindadeshmxr2025, title = {Chapter 30 - The future of structural health monitoring with extended reality}, editor = {Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi and Mohammad Noori and T.Y Yang and Vasilis Sarhosis and Seyedali Mirjalili and Mirosław J. Skibniewski}, booktitle = {Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry}, publisher = {Woodhead Publishing}, pages = {593-620}, year = {2025}, series = {Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering}, isbn = {978-0-443-29861-5}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29861-5.00030-5}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443298615000305}, author = {Nuno Verdelho Trindade and Alfredo Ferreira and Daniel Gonçalves and Sérgio Oliveira}, keywords = {Extended reality, structural health monitoring, virtual reality, augmented reality, safety control}, abstract = {Extended reality (XR) comprises the set of technologies directed at changing users’ observable reality. These technologies include most notably, virtual reality and augmented reality, and also other lesser-known modalities like diminished reality. The ongoing global transition to digital has determined the increasing adoption of these visualization and interaction technologies in the construction industry. Examples of applications of such technologies can be found for domains extending from design and planning to construction and operation. Some of the most mature applications of XR to the construction industry can be found in the structural health monitoring (SHM) field. This maturity results from the tangible advantages of performance, precision, and convenience, among others, that XR technologies have been proven to bring to this area. The use of such technologies, however, is not without important challenges, which must be taken into account when researching and developing applications. In this chapter, we analyze how the different modalities of XR are being applied in the context of the distinct areas of SHM. A specific case study of the application of these technologies to dam safety control is also described. In that scope, a set of guidelines is presented to assist researchers and domain experts in implementing such solutions. Finally, a reflection on the future of XR in SHM is carried out.} }

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Dissertations

Immersive Analytics in Dam Safety Control

2025

Nuno Verdelho Trindade

Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Plain text (IEEE)

N. Verdelho Trindade, Immersive analytics in dam safety control. Lisbon, Portugal: Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/mMUWYXyv__5FeaEeUfRIEEwbrGh3ua8TwIHo

BibTeX

@phdthesis{verdelhotrindadephdthesis2025,  author = {Nuno {Verdelho Trindade}},  title = {Immersive analytics in dam safety control},  school = {Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal},  source = {https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/mMUWYXyv__5FeaEeUfRIEEwbrGh3ua8TwIHo},  year = {2025}  keywords = {proxsituated-visualization, situated-visualization, immersive-analytics, extended-reality, dam-safety-control},  abstract = {Dam safety control consists of monitoring and analyzing observed data and comparing it with computed results from numerical models. Dam data visualization is typically carried out on desktop computers using traditional charts. Visual contextualization of the information contained in these charts with the area of the dam it pertains to is fundamental to understanding the overall behavior of dams. While nothing provides a more accurate spatial perception of the structures’ features than standing in front of the actual dam, such a scenario is impractical. Dams are often located in remote locations, and data analysis is typically carried out in the office. And while looking at the data without contextualizing it with the dam is not ideal, looking at the real dam without contextualizing it with the data is equally problematic. Immersive analytics uses extended reality to generate immersive environments where data can be visualized. Our research explores how it can be applied to dam safety control to improve structural data visualization. We address a subarea called situated visualization, aimed at displaying information on-site contextualized with the object of analysis. However, because dam data analysis activities are typically carried out off-site, we focus on using virtual 3D models instead of the actual dam (proxsituated visualization). We address the development of specialized prototypes, which are used to support a user study designed to determine if and where proxsituated visualization can improve dam safety control. The study compares performance and user experience across multiple modes/devices (desktop computer, virtual reality, and augmented reality) with distinct levels of visual detail and data representation indirection. Our findings suggest that there are indeed some advantages in both user experience and analysis performance in immersive proxsituated environments, compared to traditional/non-immersive.} }

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Keywords

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Co-authors

Alfredo Ferreira (11) Sérgio Oliveira (8) Daniel Gonçalves (6) João Madeiras Pereira (4) Pedro Leitão (3) Óscar Amaro (2) David Brás (2) Lídia Custódio (1) Sérgio Lopes (1)

Year of Publication

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