Structural Health Monitoring of Steel Bridge Model using Sensor

Chaudhari Piyush; Andhalkar Shrikant; Badhekar Shital; Ghuge Vinod; Chipade Amar

doi:10.37591/rtsrt.v7i3.5366

Abstract

The structure needs to be monitored after periodic time in its service life. SHM refers to be theprocess of implementing a damage detection and characterization strategy for engineeringstructures. This helps to lead a cost-effective management and can also help to increase theservice life of the structure. Civil engineering structures pose certain challenges whilemonitoring due to its large dimensions and different types of materials. The structural healthmonitoring is a term increasingly used in the last decade to describe the range of systemsimplemented on full-scale civil infrastructure and whose purpose is to assist and informoperator about continued 'fitness for purpose' of structure used under various loads. Use ofsensors in structural health monitoring is the advanced method of investigating a civilengineering structure. In particular, PZT sensors and ADXL 335 sensors can serve as bothactuators and sensors, which make SHM to be active monitoring system. In this study, theapplication of sensors for SHM of civil engineering structures is reviewed. The major focus ison the detection of vibrations on a steel bridge model using sensors.