SmartSheetPile

Smart steel solutions for innovative infrastructures

«We are transforming the life of steel – how it’s made and how it’s used. Because while a developing world needs more steel, a sustainable world needs new steels – smarter and decarbonised.»

SmartSheetPile is an innovative solution designed to make infrastructure safer and more cost-effective. The sheet pile wall is monitored in real time by multiple sensors, measuring a variety of parameters. The data is collected and transmitted via 4G/Wi-Fi to a cloud-based database, which can be displayed on online monitoring dashboards or fed into the asset’s digital twin. 

The SmartSheetPile is constantly connected and communicating through the cloud with other smart objects/ structures. It provides information on the structural health of the sheet pile wall (corrosion, deformation, tilt, etc.) and can alert in case of accidental events (anchor failure, wall impact, earthquake, etc.). It continuously collects and transmits high quality and precise data that can be analysed and used for informed decision-making, thus reducing maintenance costs, optimising the use of structures and preventing catastrophic and accidental failures.

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Furthermore, the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take asset management to the next level, achieving predictive maintenance. The considerable amount of data collected from the SmartSheetPile solution will be processed and analysed by advanced AI algorithms. They will identify the correlations between the different monitored characteristics and parameters, predicting upcoming critical issues and optimising the maintenance plan to prevent them.

ArcelorMittal is part of the iRON research program (intelligent pRediction of cOrrosioN of sheet piles), starting from January 2023. It aims at developing an AI-based data model predicting the corrosion of steel sheet piles. The research program is driven by the University of Bielefeld in Germany, with the participation of major German port authorities, such as Port of Hamburg, Port of Bremen, Rostock port, as well as the HTG (Hafentechnische Gesellschaft) and the BAW (Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau).

Embark on the digital journey

 

Smart solutions have become possible with rapid innovation in sensor technologies. Smart structures with built-in sensors will be widely used as a tool for real-time monitoring and modeling of asset condition. Supplied with the collected data, the digital twin of the infrastructure provides a multidimensional overview of the asset’s design, performance and interactions with the world. It displays the real-time conditions of the asset (deformation, corrosion, impacts, etc.). The digital twin compounds in a single model all the information needed to improve operations, reliability and sustainability.

A gold mine for further optimisation

 

The data collected from the SmartSheetPile solution provides a better understanding of the performance of sheet pile walls. It is a goldmine for designers and academics to develop new models, improving design methods and standards. This will lead to further design optimisation, reduced material consumption and effectively contribute to the global environmental challenge of reducing CO2 emissions.