20th IMEKO TC10 Conference on "Measurement for Diagnostics, Optimization and Control to Support Competitiveness and Innovation"

Session

Session 4: Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control

Session 4

29 Sept 2026, 10:45

Lisbon

Conveners

Session 4: Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control: Sessions Chair: Dr. Antonella Gaspari

• Lorenzo Ciani (DINFO - University of Florence, Italy)

Description

Sessions Chair: Dr. Antonella Gaspari

23. Proposal for Design and Preliminary Testing of an Affordable In-Place Inclinometer System for Geotechnical Monitoring

Ricardo Correia dos Santos (LNEC)

29/09/2026, 10:45

Oral presentation

Precision geotechnical monitoring is vital for infrastructure safety, yet traditional manual methods for inclinometer measurements suffer from intermittent data collection, creating "temporal gaps" that hide potential failures. While commercial In-Place Inclinometer (IPI) systems offer continuous monitoring, their high cost and mechanical complexity make large-scale deployment unviable. The...

13. Application-Oriented Assessment of the Usable Dynamic Bandwidth of Low-Cost MEMS Accelerometers Under Multi-g Sinusoidal Excitation

Marco Carratù (University of Salerno)

29/09/2026, 11:05

T2 - Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control.

Oral presentation

Low-cost MEMS accelerometers are widely employed in embedded sensing, industrial monitoring, automotive electronics, and Industry 4.0 systems because of their low cost, compactness, and ease of integration. However, in dynamic applications, practical deployment requires more than nominal datasheet specifications. The key question is whether the sensor remains fit for purpose over the frequency...

19. Custom Eddy Current Probe Design and Automated Defect Mapping for Multistrand Carbon Fiber Cables

Francisco Bolinhas (NOVA School of Science and Technology)

29/09/2026, 11:25

T2 - Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control.

Oral presentation

This work presents the development of a customised eddy current testing system for the non-destructive inspection of multistrand carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) cables through their protective braided sheath. The study covers probe geometry optimisation via finite element simulation, experimental validation on cables with artificial defects of varying morphologies, and the development...

22. Force‑Instrumented Reaction Wall for Dynamic Testing on LNEC’s 3D Shaking Table

Fernando Oliveira (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil)

29/09/2026, 11:45

T2 - Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control.

Oral presentation

This communication presents a newly developed test set-up with force measurement capability, recently developed and installed to enable static and dynamic tests on the LNEC’s 3D shaking table facility. The system consists of a reaction wall equipped with a force sensing device anchored to the laboratory’s rigid floor, providing high structural stiffness and accommodating static and dynamic...

30. Vibration Characterization of Gamepad Haptic Actuators: A Multi-Axis Measurement Approach with Spectral and Thermal Investigation

Ms Sara Kasapovic (Faculty of technical sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia)

29/09/2026, 12:05

T2 - Sensors, signal acquisition and processing for Diagnostics, Optimization & Control.

Oral presentation

This paper presents an extended investigation building upon a previously established compact multi-axis vibration measurement platform for the characterization of haptic actuators in consumer gamepad controllers. The system employs three MPU-6500 MEMS accelerometers interfaced to a RP2040 microcontroller via SPI, enabling synchronized tri-axial acceleration acquisition at up to 2 kHz across...