Automatic and real-time bridge health monitoring for heavy traffic routes

Abstract

   A real-time bridge remote monitoring system for a quick detection of the damage caused by earthquakes and for a reliable measurement of the damage caused by its aging was developed. The system is consisted of various sensors, high-speed data transmission networks, and an information center that produces high-level information associated with the bridges-health. A demonstration system was developed on a Metropolitan expressway in Tokyo, Japan, where many heavy vehicles over regulation weight passes on. By this system, the reliability and the durability of our system was confirmed. [This abstract is not included in the PDF]