Autonomous smart sensor network for full-scale structural health monitoring

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Rice ◽  
Kirill A. Mechitov ◽  
B. F. Spencer, Jr. ◽  
Gul A. Agha
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Structural Health

Development and full-scale validation of high-fidelity data acquisition on a next-generation wireless smart sensor platform

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 3512-3533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuguang Fu ◽  
Kirill Mechitov ◽  
Tu Hoang ◽  
Jong R Kim ◽  
Deuck Hang Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Smart Sensors ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Sensor Platforms ◽  
Sensor Platform ◽  
Wireless Smart Sensors

Although wireless smart sensor platforms have been available over a decade, only a limited number of full-scale wireless smart sensor–based structural health monitoring implementations have been realized. Most wireless smart sensor platforms that are validated in full-scale implementations have now become obsolete and are no longer commercially available. While wireless sensing capabilities have grown, presenting significant opportunities, obstacles to wide application of wireless smart sensor for structural health monitoring exist both in terms of hardware and software. This article assesses the efficacy of the Xnode, a new wireless platform whose development has been driven by structural health monitoring requirements, as well as lessons learned from several full-scale wireless smart sensor deployments. The capabilities of the platform are evaluated in comparison with other commercial wireless smart sensors, in terms of hardware, software, and mechanical design. Extensive laboratory and field testing is employed to validate its performance on three aspects: fidelity of data acquisition, reliability of wireless communication, and efficiency of power management. Test results demonstrate the capabilities of the Xnode to support full-scale, high-fidelity data acquisition for civil infrastructure. In addition, the new sensor platform provides several significant benefits to extend the use of wireless smart sensors to a broader class of structural health monitoring applications, such as sudden event monitoring and real-time and control applications.

Design of a sensor network for structural health monitoring of a full-scale composite horizontal tail

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 055011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongyue Gao ◽  
Yishou Wang ◽  
Zhanjun Wu ◽  
Gorgin Rahim ◽  
Shengbao Bai
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Structural Health
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