Bridge monitoring based on smart sensor data acquisition system

Jacques Ehrlich; Robert Eymard; Georges Coche

doi:10.1117/12.238855

22 April 1996 Bridge monitoring based on smart sensor data acquisition system

Jacques Ehrlich, Robert Eymard, Georges Coche

Proceedings Volume 2719, Smart Structures and Materials 1996: Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238855
Event: 1996 Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1996, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The knowledge of loads applied to bridges has to be enhanced in order to actualize national and international codes, like Eurocodes. The nature of traffic loads is extremely complex including such phenomena as dynamic effects, random distribution of damping techniques over the actual trucks, multiple non-linear visco-elastic links in mechanical description of a given truck. For all these reasons, a system of monitoring bridges has been preferred to an unrigorous modelling, in order to get a statistical knowledge of the traffic loads applied to the bridge over large periods. This knowledge under the form of histograms will be useful in order to evaluate extreme load effects and fatigue load effects over the lifetime of the bridge. To achieve these goals, a data acquisition system based on smart sensors extracting and classifying extrema in the traffic loads signal has been developed. At each measurement site a small microsystem is dedicated to the tasks of signal conditioning and sampling, calculation and communication. Each smart sensor can communicate through a numerical data link with its neighbors or with a PC based system controller. In this paper an outline of the problem, the proposed solution based on the smart sensor paradigm, and the results which have been obtained are presented.

Citation Download Citation

Jacques Ehrlich, Robert Eymard, and Georges Coche "Bridge monitoring based on smart sensor data acquisition system", Proc. SPIE 2719, Smart Structures and Materials 1996: Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways, (22 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238855

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available