Field Validation of a Drive-By Bridge Inspection System with Wireless BWIM and NDE Devices

In this project, a wireless sensor network will be investigated for installation on a heavy truck to record the dynamic response of the truck as it crosses a bridge mounted with BWIM+NDE devices. The sensors installed in the vehicle include accelerometers to measure vibration and gyroscopes to capture vehicle pitching motion. As the instrumented vehicle approaches the bridge, BWIM+NDE system wirelessly establishes communication with wireless sensors on the vehicle to synchronize time and initiate data collection. As the truck crosses the bridge, the wireless sensors on the truck transmit vibration and pitching data to the wireless BWIM+NDE server for automatic integration with bridge response data. Experimental validation of the proposed wireless system will be performed both in the lab and in the field.

Final Report

Field Validation of a Drive-By Bridge Inspection System with Wireless BWIM + NDE Devices

Presentations:

1. "Drive-by Bridge Damage Evaluation Using Relative Displacement History", presented at the 2015 UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region in Birmingham, Alabama, March 26-27, 2015.
2. "Field Validation of a Drive-By Bridge Inspection System with Wireless BWIM+NDE Devices", presented at the 2015 UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region in Birmingham, Alabama, March 26

Project Information Forms:

• January 2014
• July 2014

Publications:

1. Dong, X., Chen, S., Zhu, D., Kane, M., Wang, Y. and Lynch, J.P. "High-speed heterogeneous data acquisition using Martlet - a next-generation wireless sensing device," Proceedings of the Sixth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (6WCSCM), Barcelona, Spain, July 15-17, 2014.
2. Kane, M., Zhu, D., Hirose, M., Dong, X., Winter, B., Häckell, M., Lynch, J.P., Wang, Y. and Swartz, A. "Development of an extensible dual-core wireless sensing node for cyber-physical systems," Proceedings of SPIE, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security , San Diego, California, USA, March 10-13, 2014.
3. Zhao, Z. and Uddin, N. “Determination of Dynamic Amplification Factors Using Site-Specific B-WIM Data” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 1, January 1, 2014.
4. Zhao, Z. and Uddin, N. “Field Calibrated Simulation Model to Perform Bridge Safety Analyses against Extreme Events’, Journal of Engineering Structures, 56 (2013) 2253–2262.
5. Zhu, D., Dong, X. and Wang, Y. "Substructure finite element model updating of a space frame structure by minimization of modal dynamic residual," Proceedings of the Sixth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (6WCSCM), Barcelona, Spain, July 15-17, 2014.
6. Zhu, D., Dong, X. and Wang, Y. "Substructure model updating through iterative minimization of modal dynamic residual," Proceedings of SPIE, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, San Diego, California, USA, March 10-13, 2014.