Integrating a global positioning system and accelerometers to monitor the deflection of bridges

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Roberts, Gethin Wyn ^a   Meng, Xiaolin ^a   Dodson, Alan Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelorometers; Bridges; Deflection; Global positioning; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; BRIDGES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HYBRID ARRANGEMENT; INTEGRATED MONITORING SYSTEM; MONITORED SUSPENSION BRIDGE; WIND LOADING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCELEROMETER; BRIDGE; DEFLECTION; GPS; LOADING; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 2342510243     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2004)130:2(65)     Document Type: Article

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