Towards Sensor-Based Health Monitoring Systems for Bridge Decks: A Full-Depth Precast Deck Panels Case Study

Traffic and variable loading conditions greatly influence the performance, durability, and safety of a bridge structure throughout its service life. Continuous monitoring can provide the basis for determining the deterioration rate and for estimating the remaining service life, thus assisting in ma...

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Main Authors: Osama Y. Abudayyeh, Joseph Barbera, Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Hubo Cai, Eyad Almaita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/579631
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description Traffic and variable loading conditions greatly influence the performance, durability, and safety of a bridge structure throughout its service life. Continuous monitoring can provide the basis for determining the deterioration rate and for estimating the remaining service life, thus assisting in making important decisions regarding bridge maintenance. This paper presents the design and implementation of a health monitoring system for condition assessment of full-depth precast concrete bridge deck, which was developed for the Parkview Bridge in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This system is composed of a remotely accessible on-site data acquisition system and a sensor network of vibrating wire strain gauges to monitor strain and temperature over given time increments. The system relies on the sensor network embedded in the bridge deck to gather static performance data under different loading conditions to provide condition assessment by collecting, storing, analyzing, and reporting relevant performance data over time. The paper presents a practical case study that mainly focuses on describing the initial steps in the development of the sensor network system, namely, the design (system architecture and data structures) and construction along with examples of how the data is acquired, organized, presented, and analyzed, keeping in mind that the bridge is still early in its life-cycle and has not yet experienced any structural problems.
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spelling doaj-art-8daa28ea224141869b45207b89ccdb872025-02-03T06:10:57ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942010-01-01201010.1155/2010/579631579631Towards Sensor-Based Health Monitoring Systems for Bridge Decks: A Full-Depth Precast Deck Panels Case StudyOsama Y. Abudayyeh0Joseph Barbera1Ikhlas Abdel-Qader2Hubo Cai3Eyad Almaita4Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5314, USADepartment of Civil and Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5314, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USASchool of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USATraffic and variable loading conditions greatly influence the performance, durability, and safety of a bridge structure throughout its service life. Continuous monitoring can provide the basis for determining the deterioration rate and for estimating the remaining service life, thus assisting in making important decisions regarding bridge maintenance. This paper presents the design and implementation of a health monitoring system for condition assessment of full-depth precast concrete bridge deck, which was developed for the Parkview Bridge in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This system is composed of a remotely accessible on-site data acquisition system and a sensor network of vibrating wire strain gauges to monitor strain and temperature over given time increments. The system relies on the sensor network embedded in the bridge deck to gather static performance data under different loading conditions to provide condition assessment by collecting, storing, analyzing, and reporting relevant performance data over time. The paper presents a practical case study that mainly focuses on describing the initial steps in the development of the sensor network system, namely, the design (system architecture and data structures) and construction along with examples of how the data is acquired, organized, presented, and analyzed, keeping in mind that the bridge is still early in its life-cycle and has not yet experienced any structural problems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/579631
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Advances in Civil Engineering
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