A wireless sensor network test-bed for structural health monitoring of bridges

Author

Boulis, Athanassios ; Berriman, Rodney ; Attar, Saeed ; Tselishchev, Yuri

Author_Institution

Networks Res. Group, NICTA, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

4-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1040

Lastpage

1043

Abstract

We investigate the potential of wireless sensor networks to monitor the structural health of bridges. Needing to explore different sensing, networking, and distributed computing approaches in real conditions, we are led to the creation of an on-site testbed. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of the testbed by offering an overview of the architectural choices and components, discussing obstacles found, and describing the software used to manage it. Finally, we discuss our first experiences with the testbed and the first validation tests of the sensing data gathered.

Keywords

bridges (structures); condition monitoring; structural engineering; test equipment; wireless sensor networks; bridges; distributed computing; onsite testbed; structural health monitoring; wireless sensor network test bed; Bridges; Logic gates; Monitoring; Strain; Strain measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Structural Health Monitoring; Wireless Sensor Network test-bed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2011 IEEE 36th Conference on

Conference_Location

Bonn

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-926-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2011.6115160

Filename

6115160