Application Reports on Experimental Stress Analysis
Load testing on the Ponte della Costituzione in Venice
The Ponte della Costituzione is designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and became the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice when it was inaugurated in September 2008. HBM Italy worked with Verona-based Veneta...
Monitoring El Giraldillo in Seville
El Giraldillo is a 5 meter high bronze sculpture weighing 2000 kilos, which crowns the top of the tower of La Giralda, the Seville Cathedral. This 98 meter high tower is a former Almohaden minaret and at the time of its erection...
HBM technology and service for building up the first German offshore wind farm
Efficiently generating electric power without polluting the environment becomes increasingly important in times of high commodity prices and growing environmental awareness among consumers.
Residual Stress Measurement by the Hole-Drilling Method
SINT Technology is an Italian firm located in Florence, Italy. The company, in partnership with HBM, produces and develops the MTS 3000, an automatic system for measuring residual stresses by the hole-drilling method.
Optical sensors for lightweights
Modern lightweight materials are increasingly being used in aerospace applications and in other branches, such as traffic and construction engineering, mechanical engineering and the energy business. Fiber composite technology in...