Next-Gen Monitoring and Evaluation of California Bridges

Bridges have been traditionally monitored for seismic response using hard wired accelerometers. While state-of-the-art at its conception, recent advances in data collection and damage evaluation, coupled with a rash of copper theft at California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) bridge sites, has led the Department to investigate alternative systems. One possible option are wireless or global positioning system (GPS) based systems.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819
• Project Managers:

  Sikorsky, Charles

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Institute for Transportation
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Start Date: 20150201
• Expected Completion Date: 20170930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction sites; Copper; Global Positioning System; Monitoring; Seismicity; State of the art; Theft; Wireless communication systems
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01620566
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 4 2017 10:54AM