Preliminary evaluation of precise inclination sensor and GPS for monitoring full-scale dynamic response of a tall reinforced concrete building

Journal of Applied Geodesy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-113

  Yigit, Cemal Ozer ^a,b   Li, Xiaojing ^b   Ge, Linlin ^b   Inal, Cevat ^a   Yetkin, Mevlut ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

dynamic response; Full scale monitoring; GPS and inclination sensor; tall building; wind load

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015524383     PISSN: 18629016     EISSN: 18629024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jag.2010.010     Document Type: Article

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