Structural Health Monitoring System, Development and Testing

Abstract:

The work presents a system intended for continuous monitoring of structural parameters for any type of structure to provide a better understanding of structural and material behavior. The system is in the final stages of development and its purpose is to gather data via a bus connected to several displacement, temperature, noise, gas detection and vibration sensors. The system is designed to be modular, meaning that two more systems can work as one. The data gathered is sent to a web server from where it can be accessed and interpreted. The main advantage of the system is the accessibility, which takes into account the financial factor, size, power consumption and resistance to unfavorable conditions. The implementation of this kind of system can result in prolonged life span of the monitored structure. The use is not designed solely for long term use, it can also aid as a data acquisition device in experimental testing programs such as experimental retrofitting strategies. In this paper certain functions of the system are used to test the out of plane behavior of a nonstructural masonry infill wall. The main focus is to test the accuracy of the RLPTs under low voltage conditions and also test the software time based scheduled recording function accuracy and detect the occurrence of bugs or data loss.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 660)
• Pages: 340-344
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.660.340
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Ioan Andrei Bindean, Mihai Fofiu, Eva Partene, Valeriu Augustin Stoian*
• Keywords: Internet of Things, Masonry, Out of Plane, Seismic, Structural Health Monitoring

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