Long-Term Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of the Ferriby Road Bridge

Hoult, Neil A.; Fidler, Paul; Hill, Peter; Middleton, Campbell

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“…Ferriby Road Bridge (Hoult et al, 2010) The Ferriby Road Bridge (see Figure 4) is a three-span reinforced-concrete slab bridge on the northern approach to the Humber Bridge (some of the monitoring efforts are described in Hoult et al, 2010). During a visual inspection in 2002, several defects were noted.…”

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“…(For example, monthly reports that give details of calibrations undertaken and 'sanity checking' of collected data.) X Some data were measured (see Hoult et al, 2010), but little or no external auditing was done in part due to the nature of the project (research).…”

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“…High-profile bridges such as Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong have had extensive monitoring systems installed (Wong, 2004). Many bridges in the UK have or have had SHM systems installed; for example, Humber Bridge (Hoult et al, 2008); Nine Wells Bridge (Hoult et al, 2009;Schwamb, 2010;Webb, 2014); Ferriby Road Bridge (Hoult et al, 2010); Hammersmith flyover .…”

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Assessing the potential value of bridge monitoring systems

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On-going developments in smart technologies such as wireless sensor networks, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), computer vision, fibre optics and advanced data interpretation techniques may revolutionise structural health monitoring (SHM). Dedicated SHM of bridge assets has the potential to produce valuable data-sets and provide owners and managers with information to aid with key questions such as: current performance, margins of safety, actual loading, stress history and risk of fatigue, extent of deterioration and residual life.However, the parameters measured and value of the data obtained will differ when viewed from the perspectives of different stakeholders such as asset owners, designers, contractors and researchers. In this paper the purposes of monitoring are reviewed. A methodology is proposed to facilitate formal discussions between the key stakeholders before any deployment is specified and to ensure that scarce resources are not wasted in the pursuit of data as opposed to information. This approach can be used to determine if there is a prima facie case for the specification of SHM on a project and assess the potential value of any information that may be obtained. The developed methodology has been trialled with five historical monitoring case studies on bridges with which the authors are familiar.

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“…The rst issue arose when, on a cold March day, the epoxy would not set resulting in a week's delay in installing the sensors. Then, over the course of a year, one of the 9 Our port is freely available under GPL from http://www.winesinfrastructure.org/. We replaced our earlier choice of the Crossbow MICAz mote with the Crossbow Iris mote because of the superior radio performance of the latter.…”

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Smart bridges, smart tunnels: Transforming wireless sensor networks from research prototypes into robust engineering infrastructure

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We instrumented large civil engineering infrastructure items, such as bridges and tunnels, with sensors that monitor their operational performance and deterioration. In so doing we discovered that commercial o erings of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are still geared towards research prototypes and are currently not yet mature for deployment in practical scenarios.We distill the experience gained during this three-year interdisciplinary project into speci c advice for researchers and developers. We discuss problems and solutions in a variety of areas including sensor hardware, radio propagation, node deployment, system security and data visualization. We also point out the problems that are still open and that the community needs to address to enable widespread adoption of WSNs outside the research lab. IntroductionLarge civil engineering infrastructure items such as bridges, highways, tunnels and water pipes are expected to last for decades or even centuries. Over the course of their lifetimes, these structures deteriorate and require timely maintenance in order to prevent further degradation that might lead to accidents, the need for replacement or, in the worst case, collapse. Traditionally, early detection of such deterioration is achieved by visual inspection, either during routine maintenance visits or when a maintenance team is sent to the site to investigate a known or suspected problem. But such inspections are time-consuming and costly and therefore infrequent. An alternative is to equip infrastructure with sensors that are permanently wired up to report back to a central system; but this solution is not adopted very extensively because of the di culty and cost of running data and power cables to each individual sensor in challenging environments such as a subway tunnel or a long suspension bridge.The purpose of our research project, which at the time of writing has been running for almost three years, is to develop a system for continuous monitoring of such infrastructure using wireless sensor networks which, compared to wired systems, are easier and cheaper to deploy and also o er the opportunity for straightforward expansion.How nice it would be if we could just go out and buy a commercial o the shelf (COTS) wireless sensor network (WSN) system and use it for monitoring our structures straight away. Unfortunately, though, the available commercial systems are typically only kits of building blocks and a non-trivial integration e ort is required, together with the development of any missing parts, before arriving at a complete and usable monitoring solution.This experience paper identi es some of the challenges and issues encountered when installing wireless sensor networks in the eld, with speci c but not exclusive reference to civil engineering deployments, and discusses how these challenges can be addressed. Inspired by the format of the instructive and well-presented paper by Barrenetxea et al. [2], which content-wise is largely complementary to ours, we share our experience in the form o...

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“…Optical fiber sensing technology and wireless sensing technology provide substantial prospects. Optical fiber sensors have been widely used in many SHM system for cable-stayed bridges [54,74,85].Wireless sensors have been installed at the Gi-Lu Cable-stayed Bridge by Weng et al [78], the Ferriby Road Bridge (a cable-stayed bridge) by [30], the Jindo Bridge (a cable-stayed bridge in Korea) by Cho et al [17] and Jang et al [33], and the Hwamyung Cable-stayed Bridge in Korea by Nguyen et al [61,62]. All applications of wireless sensor technology have demonstrated the potential to be employed in bridge management.…”

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The state of the art in structural health monitoring of cable-stayed bridges

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Cable-stayed bridges are a type of long-span bridges that have been extensively constructed throughout the world. However, cable-stayed bridges suffer from a variety of performance deteriorations and natural disasters during their service time. Structural health monitoring, having emerged since the early 1990s, is regarded as an in situ field experimental technique to understand the behaviors and performance of real, full-scale bridges under real loadings and environmental conditions and to further ensure the safety, serviceability, durability, and sustainability of bridges. In this paper, the existing various monitoring technologies for cable-stayed bridges developed are overviewed. The design approaches of structural health monitoring systems for cable-stayed bridges are introduced. The data analysis, modeling, and safety evaluation of cable-stayed bridges based on structural health monitoring technology are addressed. The applications of structural health monitoring technology for cablestayed bridges are summarized. The design code for structural health monitoring systems is described for large highway bridges (including cable-stayed bridges) that are authorized by the Ministry of Transportation in China. Finally, this study discusses the challenges and future trends in structural health monitoring technologies for cable-stayed bridges, particularly for data-driven science and technology in structural health monitoring field.

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Long-Term Wireless Structural Health Monitoring of the Ferriby Road Bridge

Cited by 57 publications

References 5 publications

Assessing the potential value of bridge monitoring systems

Assessing the potential value of bridge monitoring systems

Smart bridges, smart tunnels: Transforming wireless sensor networks from research prototypes into robust engineering infrastructure

The state of the art in structural health monitoring of cable-stayed bridges

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