SEISMIC: Maintain California Bridge Strong Motion Instrumentation Systems

Caltrans has installed instrumentation at over 100 bridge and geotechnical array sites with the assistance of the California Geological Survey. This instrumentation is used to record earthquake induced motions, to assess structural damage (or deterioration) and for design model verification, following large seismic events. The strong motion recording systems are located throughout the entire state, from near the Oregon border to the Mexican border, with concentrations in the San Francisco Bay area and the greater Los Angeles region. The number of sensors at structures ranges from as many as 100, for some of the larger structures, to as few as 6 for some small bridges. The required maintenance work involves routine periodic checks of the status of each system to establish state-of-health. For instrumentation needing maintenance, trouble shooting and failure analysis will be performed remotely from Sacramento. Field repair and replacement of failed components will be performed as necessary to restore the instrumentation systems to operation to record earthquakes. In addition, periodic replacement of batteries and other preventative maintenance will be done on a scheduled basis.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $750000.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Project Managers:

  Hipley, Pat

• Performing Organizations:

  Department of Conservation

  , CA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Shakal, Anthony

• Start Date: 20100217
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130930
• Source Data: RiP Project 27583

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base isolation; Bridge design; Deterioration; Earthquake resistant design; Instrumentation; Seismicity; Sensors; Structural health monitoring
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01466092
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:10PM