Long-term continuous monitoring may be helpful in periodic evaluation of structures, decision-making for preventative maintenance, and examining new design techniques. Remote bridge-monitoring systems are expected to be useful in future bridge inspection and management. Reliability of data- collection systems, sensors, and communication systems in the service environment is critical for successful field operation. This paper briefly describes a study undertaken by New York State Department of Transportation to investigate reliability of a state-of-the-art bridge-monitoring system available at the inception of that study and to examine its utility for continuous monitoring of bridge structures.

Date Published: 31 March 1998
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 3400, Structural Materials Technology III: An NDT Conference, (31 March 1998); doi: 10.1117/12.300115

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3400:
Structural Materials Technology III: An NDT Conference
Ronald D. Medlock; David C. Laffrey, Editor(s)