• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.293-314
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• 2015

In this paper, wireless monitoring of typhoon-induced variation of dynamic characteristics of a cable-stayed bridge is presented. Firstly, cable-stayed bridge with the wireless monitoring system is described. Wireless vibration sensor nodes are utilized to measure accelerations from bridge deck and stay cables. Also, modal analysis methods are selected to extract dynamic characteristics. Secondly, dynamic responses of the cable-stayed bridge under the attack of two typhoons are analyzed by estimating relationships between wind velocity and dynamic characteristics. Wind-induced variations of deck and cable vibration responses are examined based on the field measurements under the two consecutive typhoons, Bolaven and Tembin. Finally, time-varying analyses are performed to investigate non-stationary random properties of the dynamic responses under the typhoons.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.711-726
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• 2008

A number of efforts had been sought to instrument bridges for the purpose of structural monitoring and assessment. The outcome of these efforts, as gauged by advances in the understanding of the definition of structural damage and their role in sensor selection as well as in the design of cost and data-effective monitoring systems, has itself been difficult to assess. The authors' experience with the design, calibration, and operation of a monitoring system for the Kishwaukee Bridge in Illinois has provided several lessons that bear upon these concerns. The systems have performed well in providing a continuous, low-cost monitoring platform for bridge engineers with immediate relevant information.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.917-942
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• 2014

Multivariate statistics based damage detection algorithms employed in conjunction with novel sensing technologies are attracting more attention for long term Structural Health Monitoring of civil infrastructure. In this study, two practical data driven methods are investigated utilizing strain data captured from a 4-span bridge model by Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors as part of a bridge health monitoring study. The most common and critical bridge damage scenarios were simulated on the representative bridge model equipped with FBG sensors. A high speed FBG interrogator system is developed by the authors to collect the strain responses under moving vehicle loads using FBG sensors. Two data driven methods, Moving Principal Component Analysis (MPCA) and Moving Cross Correlation Analysis (MCCA), are coded and implemented to handle and process the large amount of data. The efficiency of the SHM system with FBG sensors, MPCA and MCCA methods for detecting and localizing damage is explored with several experiments. Based on the findings presented in this paper, the MPCA and MCCA coupled with FBG sensors can be deemed to deliver promising results to detect both local and global damage implemented on the bridge structure.

• 도시과학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2019

The performance evaluation of existing structures is important to study the safety of those structures with changing the loads over the lifetime of structures. Therefore, this study aims at evaluating the Seong-Su bridge, Seoul, Korea, using structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The static and dynamic tests are used to assess the behavior of the bridge. The statistical and wavelet analyses are used to demonstrate the behavior of the bridge in the time and frequency domains. The previous SHM results are used to assess the bridge performance. The results of this study show that the bridge performance under static and dynamic loads is safe in time and frequency domains.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2008

무선센서네트워크 환경의 웹기반(web-based) 교량모니터링시스템을 갖추기 위하여 무선통신을 기반으로 디지털 초소형센서와 마이크로 프로세싱, 데이터 취합 및 관리를 위한 데이터베이스, 각종 제어 프로그램, 인터넷 데이터 전송 프로세서를 기본적으로 구축하여 무선으로 수신된 데이터를 수집하고 분석하였다. 그리고 이러한 교량모니터링 시스템의 적용성을 검증을 위하여 동일조건에서 유선방식과 무선방식으로 실험을 병행 수행한 후 각각의 계측결과들을 비교하였다. 비교한 결과 유선으로 계측한 결과와 무선으로 계측한 값은 유사하지만 무선센서의 통신과정에서 데이터의 손실이 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 실내실험과 현장실험을 통하여 본 연구의 효율성과 적용성을 검증하였다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.183-195
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• 2014

Scour is one of the leading causes of overwater bridge failures worldwide. While monitoring systems have already been implemented or are still being developed, they suffer from limitations such as high costs, inaccuracies, and low reliability, among others. Also, most sensors only measure scour depth at one location and near the pier. Thus, the objective is to design a simple, low cost, scour hole topography monitoring system that could better characterize the entire depth, shape, and size of bridge scour holes. The design is based on burying a robust, waterproofed, piezoelectric sensor strip in the streambed. When scour erodes sediments to expose the sensor, flowing water excites it to cause the generation of time-varying voltage signals. An algorithm then takes the time-domain data and maps it to the frequency-domain for identifying the sensor's resonant frequency, which is used for calculating the exposed sensor length or scour depth. Here, three different sets of tests were conducted to validate this new technique. First, a single sensor was tested in ambient air, and its exposed length was varied. Upon verifying the sensing concept, a waterproofed prototype was buried in soil and tested in a tank filled with water. Sensor performance was characterized as soil was manually eroded away, which simulated various scour depths. The results confirmed that sensor resonant frequencies decreased with increasing scour depths. Finally, a network of 11 sensors was configured to form a distributed monitoring system in the lab. Their exposed lengths were adjusted to simulate scour hole formation and evolution. Results showed promise that the proposed sensing system could be scaled up and used for bridge scour topography monitoring.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2020

사물인터넷 기반의 센서네트워크는 저렴한 비용으로 효율적으로 교량 등의 시설물 유지관리에 적용할 수 있는 한 방안이다. 본 연구에서는 사물인터넷 통신의 하나인, LoRa LPWAN 기반으로 교량 구조건전성모니터링을 위한 시스템을 개발하기 위해서 케이블 장력 모니터링을 위한 센서보드, 기존 계측 센서들과 함께 센서네트워크를 구축하기 위한 DAQ 보드, 데이터들 처리하고 LoRa 통신을 위한 스마트센서노드를 설계 및 제작하였으며 모니터링을 위한 센서네트워크를 구축하였다. 또한 본 시스템의 성능검증을 위해 영광대교에 Test Bed를 구축하여 교량 구조건전성 모니터링을 위한 센서네트워크에 적용가능성 여부를 살펴보았다. Test Bed 검증 결과 LoRa LPWAN 기반 센서네트워크는 데이터 전송률, 정확도, 경제성면에서 교량 구조 건전성 모니터링의 기술 중에 하나로 적용될 수 있으며, 향후 교량구조물 뿐만 아니라 다양한 공공기반 시설물에 유지관리를 위한 시스템으로 보급될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 한국측량학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국측량학회 2010년 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.195-196
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• 2010

This study aims to methodology a system which is able to monitoring and analysis of long span bridge in real time using multi GPS. Through setting up many GPS at the important points of long span bridge and measuring displacement in real time, over all 3D configuration of bridge could be analyzed. Behavior analyzing system developed in this study is able to digitize and visualize the overall and points displacement of bridge and deal with events actively. Also it is able to calculate statistical data related to analyze behavior through the constricting database of measuring data.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.609-626
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• 2004

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore has a continuing program of highway bridge upgrading, to refurbish and strengthen bridges to allow for increasing vehicle traffic and increasing axle loads. One subject of this program has been a short span bridge taking a busy highway across a coastal inlet near a major port facility. Experiment-based structural assessments of the bridge were conducted before and after upgrading works including strengthening. Each assessment exercise comprised two separate components; a strain and acceleration monitoring exercise lasting approximately one month, and a full-scale dynamic test carried out in a single day. This paper reports the application of extreme value statistics to estimate bridge live loads using strain measurements.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

본 연구 이전에 제안되었던 실시간 교량 모니터링 시스템은 교량 곳곳에 배치되어 있는 센서들로부터 중앙서버로 동축 케이블을 통해 데이터를 송수신하였는데, 동축 케이블을 이용하여 교량 전체의 센서들의 네트워크를 구성하기 위해서는 막대한 인력과 비용이 따르게 된다. 본 연구에서는 USN을 기반으로 한 교량 모니터링 시스템 제안하고, 이에 대한 프로토타입을 설계 및 구현하였다. HSDPA를 통해 얻은 센싱 데이터 값을 TCP/IP 소켓을 통해 교량 모니터링 서버에 전달함으로써 양방향 통신을 구축하여 그래프 변환을 하는 전체 시스템을 구현하였다.