• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.66-73
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• 2024

Stay-cable is one of the most important load carrying members in cable-stayed bridges. Monitoring structural integrity of stay-cables is crucial for evaluating the structural condition of the cable-stayed bridge. For stay-cables, tension and damping ratio are estimated based on modal properties as a measure of structural integrity. Since the monitoring system continuously measures the vibration for the long-term period, data acquisition systems should be stable and power-efficiency as the hardware system. In addition, massive signals from the data acquisition systems are continuously generated, so that automated analysis system should be indispensable. In order to fulfill these purpose simultaneously, this study presents an autonomous cable monitoring system based on domain-knowledge using IoT for continuous cable monitoring systems of cable-stayed bridges. An IoT system was developed to provide effective and power-efficient data acquisition and on-board processing capability for Edge-computing. Automated peak-picking algorithm using domain knowledge was embedded to the IoT system in order to analyze massive data from continuous monitoring automatically and reliably. To evaluate its operational performance in real fields, the developed autonomous monitoring system has been installed on a cable-stayed bridge in Korea. The operational performance are confirmed and validated by comparing with the existing system in terms of data transmission rates, accuracy and efficiency of tension estimation.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.5 s.57
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• pp.93-100
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• 2009

This study presents reasonable relationships to estimate the deformation based on beam mechanism analysis and TDR(Time Domain Reflectometry) data. To declar the length points of co-axial cable installed in civil structure, Nano material ($BaTiO_3$ powders and silver mixture) is used on co-axial cables. From the laboratory test, nano material could make the correct information about attached cable points on beam, and TDR sensor system and Fourier series (data filter) found out the deformation of beam. Therefore it is concluded that the correct deformed information of beam were acquired by Nano-TDR and Fourier filter, they are much more effective to apply at health monitoring system in civil structure compared to conventional TDR or Fiber Optic Sensor (FOS) systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1610-1611
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• 2011

실선로 전력 케이블의 부분방전 측정은 주위 전력설비의 신호들이 혼합되면 정확한 부분방전 진단이 어려운 면이 있다. 본 논문에서는 15kV급 EPR 난연 케이블을 대상으로 거리에 따른 부분방전 신호를 검출 및 감쇄 정도 확인 시험을 통하여 발생 위치 추정 기준을 마련하고자 한다. 이를 위해 길이 500m의 EPR 난연 케이블을 제작하여 모의 선로를 구성하였고, IEC60270에 적합한 Calibrator를 이용하여 신호를 인가한 후 HFCT 센서를 사용하여 일정한 거리를 두고 방전 신호를 검출하고, Techimp사(社)의 PDBASE와 OMICRON사(社)의 MPD600을 이용하여 부분방전 신호를 분류하였다. 전압 인가 지점에서 단계적인 거리증가에 따른 부분방전 신호 감쇄 현상 및 일정 길이(300[m])에 대한 주입 신호별 감도 측정을 분석하였다. 본 논문의 시험대상인 15kV급 EPR 난연 케이블은 원자력 발전소의 배전선으로 사용하기 위해 제작된 것으로, 포설 후 절연체 내에 B/D가 발생했다고 가정했을 때, PD신호의 검출 및 대략적인 위치의 추정은 안전을 최우선시 하는 원자력 발전 및 배전 부문에서 주요한 문제로 부각 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.340-343
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• 2011

장대 케이블 교량의 풍응답을 계측할 수 있는 무선센서네트워크 기반의 풍응답 계측시스템을 개발하고, 이를 사용하여 인천대교의 시공단계별로 고유진동수, Mode Shape과 같은 Modal Parameters의 변화를 추정하고 보강형에서의 풍압분포와 보강형, 주탑, 케이블의 가속도를 계측하여 내풍 성능을 분석하였다. 개발된 계측 시스템은 인천대교 사장교의 전체 거동을 계측할 수 있도록, 1.5km 범위에 넓게 분포된 최대 55 Nodes에서 최대 1kHz의 동기화된 계측을 수행할 수 있으며, 각 Node별로 3축가속도나 풍압을 측정할 수 있다. 전체 Node에서 가속도를 계측하는 경우에는 최대 165 Channel을 1kHz로 측정할 수 있다. Modal 해석의 경우에, 고가교, 접속교, 사장교 주탑, 보강형, 케이블의 시공 단계별 동특성의 변화를 추정하였으며, 고가교에서는 모드해석을 통해 역추정한 구조계수를 정적재하실험 및 실험실에서의 Mold 시험결과와 비교하였으며 사장교 케이블에서는 케이블 댐퍼의 성능을 분석하였다. 또한 인천대교 보강형에서의 풍압분포를 계측하였으며, 풍압의 공간상관관계를 분석하였고, 풍하중 및 풍진동 특성을 분석하여 가속도 계측 결과와 비교하였다. 계측 및 분석 결과를 바탕으로 장대교량의 내풍성능을 확보하고 향상시키는데 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.295-311
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• 2021

In this study, an experiment was carried out on the field applicability of tension measuring devices of the cables in cable-stayed bridges. The vibration method was used to estimate the tension of cables of cable-stayed bridge, and the mode characteristics of the cable were analyzed using a cable tension measuring device. GTDL360, NI Module, and 9 Axes Motion Sensorwere applied to estimate the cable tension of five target bridges. Numerical analysis of the five target bridges was conducted to analyze the natural frequency of the cable and cable tension. The estimated tension of the cable based on field measurements and estimated tension of cable by numerical analysis were compared with the estimated tension of the cable based on field measurements. The analysis showed that the measured tension of the cable based on field measurements was within the margin of error. Therefore, it is safe to apply these measuring devices to the site. As a result of comparing and analyzing the values of the acceleration-based cable estimation tension and numerical analysis of the field demonstration bridge, the acceleration-based cable estimation of tension is deemed appropriate within the allowable range. On-site applicability analysis revealed limitations of the measuring devices, such as the installation location of sensors and weather conditions, so continuous follow-up research on smart cable tension measuring systems is expected.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.98-106
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• 2024

Due to advancements in construction technology and analytical tools, an increasing number of cable-stayed bridges have been designed and constructed in recent years. A cable is a structural element that primarily transmits the main load of a cable-stayed bridge and plays the most crucial role in reflecting the overall condition of the entire bridge system. In this study, a vision-based method was applied to estimate the tension of the stay cables located at a long distance. To measure the response of a cable using a vision-based method, it is necessary to install feature points or targets on the cable. However, depending on the location of the point to be measured, there may be no feature points in the cable, and there may also be limitations in installing the target on the cable. Hence, it is necessary to find a way to measure cable response that overcomes the limitations of existing vision-based methods. This study proposes a method for measuring cable responses by utilizing the characteristics of cable shape. The proposed method involved extracting the cable shape from the acquired image and determining the center of the extracted cable shape to measure the cable response. The extracted natural frequencies of the vibration mode were obtained using the measured responses, and the tension was estimated by applying them to the vibration method. To verify the reliability of the vision-based method, cable images were obtained from the Hwatae Bridge in service under ambient vibration conditions. The reliability of the method proposed in this study was confirmed by applying it to the vibration method using a vision-based approach, resulting in estimated tensions with an error of less than 1% compared to tensions estimated using an accelerometer.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.72-78
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• 2011

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.157-163
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• 2017

This system is a diagnosis system that checks whether it causes a partial discharge of a power cable or not. PD(Partial Discharge) is detected by FBDS(Frequency Band Detection Sensor). That is, it means a acoustic sensor capable of detecting each frequency band. The wave shape of PD sound is similar to noise and is systematically generated by partial discharge. Therefore, in this paper, we could discriminate between normal and abnormal case using relative level crossing rate(RLCR) and spectrogram of frequency energy rate.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.467-472
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• 2022

The 3D ultrasonic anemometer transmits measured data by connecting PC and RS232C interface. Depending on the observation location, it is often necessary to extend the cable connecting the PC and the sensor. When installing on the test bed of the Air Meteorological Agency, the original AWM2919 cable was required to be extended because the distance between the PC container and the equipment installation site was more than 30 m. The cable was extended through a process such as extending the AWM2919 cable, converting the interface with the PC from RS232C to RS485, and testing the RS485 communication. After the equipment was installed with an extended cable, data were remotely collected and analyzed to confirm successful cable extension.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.703-705
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 차축의 회전에 따른 자속밀도의 변화를 감지하여 속도를 검출하는 능동형 차륜 속도센서를 제작 및 실험하였다. 제작된 센서는 능동형 차속센서로서 홀 센서, 외장형 magnet와 케이블 연결부를 하우징한 모형 구조로 제작 실험하였다. 기존의 차속센서 부품의 특성을 분석하여 시제품과 비교하였다. 본 연구에서 제작된 차속센서는 12Km/h 이하의 최소감지스피드, $80^{\circ}C$ 이하의 작동온도, 49%~51%의 듀티사이클 동작 특성을 보였다.