Continuous Field Validation of a Wireless Structural Monitoring and Bridge Weigh-In-Motion (BWIM) System

Leveraging recent development at Georgia Tech, this project attempts to address the bridge safety issue in a two-pronged approach: bridge monitoring and weigh-in-motion using an integrated wireless sensing system developed by PI Wang’s group [1, 2]. The Martlet smart wireless sensing system is particularly designed for civil structural applications. Building blocks of this system are individual wireless sensing units. Each wireless unit can collect data from heterogeneous analog sensors, such as strain gages, string pots, accelerometers, etc. Cost of the wireless system is only a fraction of conventional cabled systems. Besides wireless communication onsite, the system is also capable of routing data through AT&T cellphone network to an office PC online.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  GDOT RP 18-27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Project Managers:

  Roney, Brennan

• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Tech Research Corporation

  505 Tenth Street
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0420
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Yang

• Start Date: 20181016
• Expected Completion Date: 20220116
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Data collection; Field studies; Sensors; Structural health monitoring; Validation; Weigh in motion; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01702437
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Georgia Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: GDOT RP 18-27
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 23 2019 9:31AM