Field testing of Martlet wireless sensing system on an in-service pre-stressed concrete highway bridge

Xi Liu; Xinjun Dong; Yang Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2219348

1 April 2016 Field testing of Martlet wireless sensing system on an in-service pre-stressed concrete highway bridge

Xi Liu, Xinjun Dong, Yang Wang

Proceedings Volume 9805, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2016; 980522 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219348
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

In structural sensing applications, wireless sensing systems have drawn great interest owing to faster installation process and lower system cost compared to the traditional cabled systems. As a new-generation wireless sensing system, Martlet features high-speed data acquisition and extensible layout, which allows easy interfacing with various types of sensors. This paper presents a field test of the Martlet sensing system installed at an in-service pre-stressed concrete highway bridge on SR113 over Dry Creek in Bartow County, Georgia. Four types of sensors are interfaced with Martlet in this test, including accelerometers, strain gages, strain transducers and magnetostrictive displacement sensors. In addition, thermocouples are used to monitor the temperature change of the bridge through the day. The acceleration, strain and displacement response of the bridge due to traffic and ambient excitations are measured. To obtain the modal properties of the bridge, hammer impact tests are also performed. The results from the field test demonstrate the reliability of the Martlet wireless sensing system. In addition, detailed modal properties of the bridge are extracted from the acceleration data collected in the test.

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Xi Liu, Xinjun Dong, and Yang Wang "Field testing of Martlet wireless sensing system on an in-service pre-stressed concrete highway bridge", Proc. SPIE 9805, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2016, 980522 (1 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219348

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