Real-time wireless vibration monitoring for operational modal analysis of an integral abutment highway bridge

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2224-2235

  Whelan, Matthew J ^a   Gangone, Michael V ^a   Janoyan, Kerop D ^a   Jha, Ratneshwar ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge dynamics; Bridge inspection; Modal analysis; Stochastic subspace identification (SSI); Structural health monitoring; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; BRIDGE DYNAMICS; BRIDGE INSPECTION; BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; CIVIL STRUCTURE; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; DAMPING RATIO; DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH RATE; HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRAL ABUTMENT; INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGE; LARGE-SCALE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; LOSSLESS DATA; MODAL PARAMETERS; MODE SHAPES; OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REAL-TIME DATA; SAMPLING RATES; SERVICE DEMAND; SERVICE ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC SUBSPACE IDENTIFICATION (SSI); STRUCTURAL CONDITION; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC LOADS; VIBRATION MONITORING; WIRELESS SENSOR TECHNOLOGY;

ABUTMENTS (BRIDGE); HEALTH; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MONITORING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURAL PANELS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETER; BRIDGE; DATA TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONITORING; SENSOR; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349105147     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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