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Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance Inspection (한국구조물진단유지관리공학회)
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Development of Smart Wireless Measurement System for Monitoring of Bridges

교량 모니터링을 위한 스마트 무선 계측 시스템 개발

  • Received : 2010.05.06
  • Accepted : 2011.01.20
  • Published : 2011.03.30
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Abstract

In this paper, a research was performed to develop a wireless measurement system for bridge monitoring using MEMS sensor and bluetooth wireless communication module. First, in order to prove the suitability of MEMS sensor for the bridge measurement, its ranges of measuring acceleration and of frequency response were experimented. Also, the quality of wireless communication was tested by an experiment on long-distance communication for the knowledge of maximum communication distance, and also by an experiment on the data transmit-receive capability both inside and outside of a steel box bridge. Later, placing the wireless acceleration sensor system that had been developed in our lab on a bridge in public service, we acquired vibration data from the bridge under traffic load and analyzed its dynamic characteristics in realtime. For the analysis of the data, NExT & ERA algorithm were employed. The result of analysis was compared to the FE analysis of the same bridge, and the comparison made it possible to evaluate the performance of wireless acceleration sensor system. As a result, it was proven that the wireless acceleration sensor system developed with the use of MEMS sensor and bluetooth wireless communication module could be effectively applied to the measurement of structure whose vibration feature was low frequency like a bridge.

본 논문에서는 MEMS 센서와 블루투스 무선 통신 모듈을 이용하여 교량 모니터링을 위한 무선 계측 시스템 개발에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 MEMS 센서의 가속도 측정 범위 및 주파수 응답 범위 성능을 검증하기 위한 실험을 수행하여 교량 계측에 적합성 여부를 판단하였다. 실험 결과, 고성능의 압전형 가속도 센서에 비하여 동적 범위와 측정 주파수 범위의 성능은 낮으나 30Hz 미만의 저주파수 대역 측정에는 무리가 없을 것으로 판단한다. 그리고 최대 통신 거리 측정 결과, 280m정도의 성능을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 개발된 무선 가속도 센서 시스템을 공용중인 교량에 설치한 후, 교통하중에 의한 진동데이터를 획득하여 교량의 동특성을 실시간 분석하였다. 분석결과는 대상교량의 FE 해석결과와 비교를 통하여 무선 가속도 센서 시스템의 성능을 평가하였다. 실험 결과, MEMS 센서와 블루투스 무선 통신 모듈을 이용하여 개발한 무선 가속도 센서는 교량과 같은 저주파수 진동특성을 갖는 건설구조물의 계측에 효과적으로 사용할 수 잇을 것으로 판단된다.

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