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Rapid-to-deploy reconfigurable wireless structural monitoring systems using extended-range wireless sensors

  • Kim, Junhee (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan) ;
  • Swartz, R. Andrew (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University) ;
  • Lynch, Jerome P. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Jae (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Geun (Structural Research Team, Expressway and Transportation Research Institute, Korea Expressway Corporation)
  • Received : 2009.11.07
  • Accepted : 2010.02.08
  • Published : 2010.07.25
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Abstract

Wireless structural monitoring systems consist of networks of wireless sensors installed to record the loading environment and corresponding response of large-scale civil structures. Wireless monitoring systems are desirable because they eliminate the need for costly and labor intensive installation of coaxial wiring in a structure. However, another advantageous characteristic of wireless sensors is their installation modularity. For example, wireless sensors can be easily and rapidly removed and reinstalled in new locations on a structure if the need arises. In this study, the reconfiguration of a rapid-to-deploy wireless structural monitoring system is proposed for monitoring short- and medium-span highway bridges. Narada wireless sensor nodes using power amplified radios are adopted to achieve long communication ranges. A network of twenty Narada wireless sensors is installed on the Yeondae Bridge (Korea) to measure the global response of the bridge to controlled truck loadings. To attain acceleration measurements in a large number of locations on the bridge, the wireless monitoring system is installed three times, with each installation concentrating sensors in one localized area of the bridge. Analysis of measurement data after installation of the three monitoring system configurations leads to reliable estimation of the bridge modal properties, including mode shapes.

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