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Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using smart sensor technology: deployment and evaluation

  • Jang, Shinae;Jo, Hongki;Cho, Soojin;Mechitov, Kirill;Rice, Jennifer A.;Sim, Sung-Han;Jung, Hyung-Jo;Yun, Chung-Bangm;Spencer, Billie F. Jr.;Agha, Gul
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • 제6권5_6호
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    • pp.439-459
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    • 2010
  • Structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructure using wireless smart sensor networks (WSSNs) has received significant public attention in recent years. The benefits of WSSNs are that they are low-cost, easy to install, and provide effective data management via on-board computation. This paper reports on the deployment and evaluation of a state-of-the-art WSSN on the new Jindo Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge in South Korea with a 344-m main span and two 70-m side spans. The central components of the WSSN deployment are the Imote2 smart sensor platforms, a custom-designed multimetric sensor boards, base stations, and software provided by the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project (ISHMP) Services Toolsuite. In total, 70 sensor nodes and two base stations have been deployed to monitor the bridge using an autonomous SHM application with excessive wind and vibration triggering the system to initiate monitoring. Additionally, the performance of the system is evaluated in terms of hardware durability, software stability, power consumption and energy harvesting capabilities. The Jindo Bridge SHM system constitutes the largest deployment of wireless smart sensors for civil infrastructure monitoring to date. This deployment demonstrates the strong potential of WSSNs for monitoring of large scale civil infrastructure.

유비쿼터스 센서네트워크를 위한 압전효과 기반의 무구속 휴대용 풍력 전원 장치 (Use of Piezoelectric Effect in Portable Loadless Wind-Power Source for Ubiquitous Sensor Networks)

  • 장형관;김대중;박정열
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.623-628
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문은 풍력에 의해 구동되는 압전효과 기반의 무구속 휴대용 전원 장치를 제안한다. 기계적 에너지를 효율적으로 변환하는 메커니즘의 한가지로 기계적 에너지를 전기적 에너지로 변환하는 압전효과를 이용하는 방법이 있다. 압전효과는 주기적으로 변하는 응력을 필요로 하지만, 자연 바람은 거의 일정한 속도를 보이거나, 변화하더라도 매우 느리고 불규칙적인 주파수를 갖기 때문에, 효과적으로 전기적 에너지를 얻어내기 힘들다. 본 연구에서는 바람을 프로펠러에 통과시켜, 손쉽게 주기적으로 변하는 응력을 만들어내고, 이를 압전외팔보에 전달하여 효율적으로 에너지를 변환하였다. 본 연구결과는 유비쿼터스 센서네트워크 시스템에 대한 에너지 공급의 실질적인 해결책이 되리라고 기대된다.

PEDOT:PSS 및 PVDF 기반의 유-무기 열전 필름으로 제작된 플렉서블 열전 에너지 하베스터의 발전 성능 평가 (Evaluation of Output Performance of Flexible Thermoelectric Energy Harvester Made of Organic-Inorganic Thermoelectric Films Based on PEDOT:PSS and PVDF Matrix)

  • 나유진;박귀일
    • 한국재료학회지
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    • 제33권7호
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    • pp.295-301
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    • 2023
  • Thermoelectric (TE) energy harvesting, which converts available thermal resources into electrical energy, is attracting significant attention, as it facilitates wireless and self-powered electronics. Recently, as demand for portable/wearable electronic devices and sensors increases, organic-inorganic TE films with polymeric matrix are being studied to realize flexible thermoelectric energy harvesters (f-TEHs). Here, we developed flexible organic-inorganic TE films with p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 powder and polymeric matrices such as poly(3,4-eethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). The fabricated TE films with a PEDOT:PSS matrix and 1 wt% of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) exhibited a power factor value of 3.96 µW·m-1·K-2 which is about 2.8 times higher than that of PVDF-based TE film. We also fabricated f-TEHs using both types of TE films and investigated the TE output performance. The f-TEH made of PEDOT:PSS-based TE films harvested the maximum load voltage of 3.4 mV, with a load current of 17.4 µA, and output power of 15.7 nW at a temperature difference of 25 K, whereas the f-TEH with PVDF-based TE films generated values of 0.6 mV, 3.3 µA, and 0.54 nW. This study will broaden the fields of the research on methods to improve TE efficiency and the development of flexible organic-inorganic TE films and f-TEH.

사용자 환경 모니터링을 위한 소형 자가발전 무선 데이터 송수신 시스템 개발 (Fabrication of Portable Self-Powered Wireless Data Transmitting and Receiving System for User Environment Monitoring)

  • 장순민;조수민;정윤수;김재형;김현수;장다연;라윤상;이동한;라문우;최동휘
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • 제60권2호
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    • pp.249-254
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    • 2022
  • 최근 반도체와 같은 정보통신 기술의 발전과 함께 사물인터넷(IoT) 기술 발전이 급격히 이루어지면서 센서와 무선 통신 기능을 내장하여 주변 사물 및 환경 조건을 감지 및 분석하여 대응하는 원격 환경 모니터링 기술이 주목받고 있다. 하지만, 기 개발된 원격 환경 모니터링 시스템은 모두 별도의 전원 공급 장치를 필요로 하기 때문에 시·공간적 기기 사용의 제한을 야기하여, 사용자의 불편함을 유발할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 생체 역학적 에너지의 역학적 특성이 고려된 기구학적 설계 기반 전자기 발전 소자(Electromagnetic generator, EMG)를 개발함으로써 이의 에너지 자립형 원격 환경 모니터링 구동을 위한 전원 공급 장치로써 활용한다. 낮은 진동 주기 및 큰 진폭 변화의 역학적 특성을 지닌 생체 역학적 에너지를 효과적으로 이용하기 위해 자석의 기구학적 배치를 통한 깨지기 쉬운 힘의 평형을 유도하는 Levitation-EMG (L-EMG)를 설계했다. 이를 통해, L-EMG는 외부 진동에 민감하게 반응하여 자석과 코일 간의 효과적인 상대 움직임을 야기하여 고품질 전기 에너지 공급을 가능하게 했다. 뿐만 아니라, 실제 환경 감지 센서와 무선 통신 모듈의 필요 전력을 최소화하기 위한 마이크로 컨트롤러(Micro control unit, MCU)를 구성하였으며, 내장기능 중 저전력모드(Sleep mode)를 접목하여 소비전력의 최소화 및 이의 구동시간 증가를 달성했다. 최종적으로 사용자의 편의성을 극대화하기 위해 휴대폰 어플리케이션을 구축하여 손쉽게 주변 환경 모니터링을 가능하게 했다. 따라서, 이번 연구는 생체역학적 에너지를 이용한 에너지 자립형 원격 환경 모니터링 구축 가능성을 검증할 뿐만 아니라, 더 나아가 별도의 외부 전원 없이 주변 환경 모니터링이 가능한 설계 방안을 제시할 수 있다.

3-D Hetero-Integration Technologies for Multifunctional Convergence Systems

  • 이강욱
    • 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2015
  • Since CMOS device scaling has stalled, three-dimensional (3-D) integration allows extending Moore's law to ever high density, higher functionality, higher performance, and more diversed materials and devices to be integrated with lower cost. 3-D integration has many benefits such as increased multi-functionality, increased performance, increased data bandwidth, reduced power, small form factor, reduced packaging volume, because it vertically stacks multiple materials, technologies, and functional components such as processor, memory, sensors, logic, analog, and power ICs into one stacked chip. Anticipated applications start with memory, handheld devices, and high-performance computers and especially extend to multifunctional convengence systems such as cloud networking for internet of things, exascale computing for big data server, electrical vehicle system for future automotive, radioactivity safety system, energy harvesting system and, wireless implantable medical system by flexible heterogeneous integrations involving CMOS, MEMS, sensors and photonic circuits. However, heterogeneous integration of different functional devices has many technical challenges owing to various types of size, thickness, and substrate of different functional devices, because they were fabricated by different technologies. This paper describes new 3-D heterogeneous integration technologies of chip self-assembling stacking and 3-D heterogeneous opto-electronics integration, backside TSV fabrication developed by Tohoku University for multifunctional convergence systems. The paper introduce a high speed sensing, highly parallel processing image sensor system comprising a 3-D stacked image sensor with extremely fast signal sensing and processing speed and a 3-D stacked microprocessor with a self-test and self-repair function for autonomous driving assist fabricated by 3-D heterogeneous integration technologies.

Solar-powered multi-scale sensor node on Imote2 platform for hybrid SHM in cable-stayed bridge

  • Ho, Duc-Duy;Lee, Po-Young;Nguyen, Khac-Duy;Hong, Dong-Soo;Lee, So-Young;Kim, Jeong-Tae;Shin, Sung-Woo;Yun, Chung-Bang;Shinozuka, Masanobu
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.145-164
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, solar-powered, multi-scale, vibration-impedance sensor node on Imote2 platform is presented for hybrid structural health monitoring (SHM) in cable-stayed bridge. In order to achieve the objective, the following approaches are proposed. Firstly, vibration- and impedance-based hybrid SHM methods are briefly described. Secondly, the multi-scale vibration and impedance sensor node on Imote2-platform is presented on the design of hardware components and embedded software for vibration- and impedance-based SHM. In this approach, a solar-powered energy harvesting is implemented for autonomous operation of the smart sensor nodes. Finally, the feasibility and practicality of the smart sensor-based SHM system is evaluated on a full-scale cable-stayed bridge, Hwamyung Bridge in Korea. Successful level of wireless communication and solar-power supply for smart sensor nodes are verified. Also, vibration and impedance responses measured from the target bridge which experiences various weather conditions are examined for the robust long-term monitoring capability of the smart sensor system.