The International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures (SHATIS)
The first SHATIS conference was organized in 2011 in Lisboa. Since then the sessions succeeded in bringing together many researchers, practitioners and professionals involved in the field of timber structures, both modern and historical, so that they can exchange experiences and discuss. The forum has become popular, and now enables the dissemination of innovative methods for monitoring, diagnosis or repair of timber structures.
The typical two-year period was prolonged due to the global pandemic situation surrounding Covid-19 for SHATIS’22.
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
Structural health assessment of timber structures associates various procedures in order to evaluate the safety and serviceability of structures. Also, it helps to assure or extend the predicted service life of structures. Service life sustainability can be promoted by the incorporation of monitoring systems or by providing tools and methods that deliver accurate reports about the structural condition.
Conservation and assessment of timber structures is based on a multidisciplinary approach. The conference topics cover the wide spectrum, from wood properties, through performance of joints and timber design, to modern monitoring and digital technologies. As the topics include both existing and historical timber structures, the need for reliable non destructive testing methods is part of the approach as well.
2011 SHATIS’11 Lisboa, Portugal
2013 SHATIS’13 Trento, Italy
2015 SHATIS’15 Wroclav, Poland
2017 SHATIS’17 Istanbul, Turkey
2019 SHATIS’19 Guimaraes, Portugal
2022 SHATIS’22 Prague, Czechia
2024 SHATIS’24 Zagreb, Croatia
2026 SHATIS’26 Athens, Greece