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<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Systems</strong>


COWI Expertise<br />

COWI is an international consultant<br />

that holds a market leading position<br />

in bridge, tunnel and marine engineering.<br />

COWI possesses a wide<br />

range of expertise within core<br />

disciplines related to structural<br />

monitoring systems:<br />

• Planning and design of structural<br />

health monitoring systems<br />

• Data acquisition<br />

• Advanced data transmission<br />

• Data analysis<br />

• Data presentation<br />

• <strong>Structural</strong> modelling and analysis<br />

• Calibration of FEM and life time<br />

models<br />

• Integration of structural monitoring<br />

systems with bridge maintenance<br />

planning systems<br />

• Establishment of reporting<br />

routines and contingency plans<br />

engineering area. Numerous and<br />

rather sophisticated systems have<br />

been established.<br />

It is the experience of COWI that<br />

an early and thorough discussion<br />

with the future stakeholder(s) in the<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> programme<br />

on the possible objectives and the<br />

various system possibilities that are<br />

available, paves the way for an<br />

efficient and direct path to design,<br />

procurement, installation and operation<br />

of a sufficient and cost efficient<br />

monitoring system.<br />

COWI Services<br />

Examples of COWI’s services from<br />

the various application areas of<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> are<br />

presented in the following pages.<br />

COWI’s ISO 9001 certifi cation<br />

covers structural monitoring.<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> is basically<br />

an activity where actual data related<br />

to civil structures are observed /<br />

measured and registered. This has<br />

been performed through all times by<br />

responsible designers, contractors<br />

and owners with almost identical<br />

objectives - to check that the<br />

structures behave as intended.<br />

Historically the activity has required<br />

specialists, has been time consuming<br />

and hence costly.<br />

This situation has been dramatically<br />

changed by the enormous<br />

development within information<br />

technology in the last two decades.<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> has thus<br />

emerged as a distinct technical<br />

discipline as the new technologies<br />

have been introduced in the civil<br />

COWI made the conceptual design for the<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> System for the<br />

Normandy Cable Stay Bridge, France.<br />

Calibration of monitoring<br />

system by measurement of<br />

suspension bridge hanger<br />

force by the frequency identifi<br />

cation method.


3<br />

The Stonecuttersrs Bridge in Hong Kong<br />

will be equipped with an advanced Wind<br />

and <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> System<br />

designed by COWI.<br />

Actors/Stakeholders<br />

The planning of structural monitoring<br />

systems must take into account<br />

the interests of the different actors<br />

in a bridge project. The design-,<br />

construction- and operation phases<br />

must be considered according to<br />

these interests. The objectives,<br />

requirements and deliveries deciding<br />

the structure of the monitoring<br />

system may change depending on<br />

whom and what phase the system is<br />

supposed to support.<br />

The typical groups involved<br />

during the construction and service<br />

lifetime of a bridge structure are as<br />

follows<br />

• Owner<br />

• Designer<br />

• Contractor<br />

• Operator<br />

• Researchers/Universities<br />

Based on the large experience of<br />

COWI in designing major bridges<br />

world wide the structural monitoring<br />

objectives for these actors are in<br />

general known by COWI.<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> System<br />

Objectives<br />

The purpose of <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

is the examination and location<br />

of structural condition and possible<br />

damage in the structural elements of<br />

a structure set into the context of<br />

user objectives, requirements and<br />

deliveries.<br />

The initial system analysis shall<br />

cover and answer the following<br />

points according to which user types<br />

and phases in the service lifetime the<br />

system shall support;<br />

• Objective<br />

• Requirements<br />

• Basis<br />

• Scope<br />

• Interfaces<br />

• Deliveries<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> System<br />

Activities<br />

Technically the developed structural<br />

monitoring system will consists of<br />

three major parts to meet this way<br />

to organise the activities:<br />

• Sensing modules placed on the<br />

structure. These modules consist<br />

of various types of sensors<br />

depending on the nature of the<br />

structure. This also includes a<br />

signal collection and conditioning<br />

unit.<br />

• A data communication system for<br />

the transfer of the collected data<br />

to a remote computer.<br />

• A database application, which<br />

collects, stores and processes the<br />

sensor data in real time, in order<br />

to provide an evaluation of the<br />

condition of the structure based<br />

on the above mentioned application<br />

areas<br />

For all bridge structures where the<br />

need for a structural monitoring<br />

system is considered there must be<br />

carried out an initial analyse to map<br />

the deliveries the bridge operator<br />

needs for his particular bridge.<br />

Hereby the extent of the onstructure<br />

installations and the<br />

functions of the data management<br />

and control can be established in<br />

order to secure the most reliable,<br />

easy to operate and cost efficient<br />

system to design and install.


4<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong> Decision<br />

Making Process and Objectives<br />

The objective of <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

is to provide the necessary<br />

information of the structural<br />

condition and possible damage in<br />

order to provide the documented<br />

basis for decisions concerning these<br />

matters.<br />

All structural monitoring systems<br />

regardless size operates on different<br />

levels for the management and<br />

control of acquired data. These<br />

levels can be expressed by a generic<br />

model for structural monitoring to<br />

identify strategic, analyse/planning<br />

and operational goals. Using such a<br />

model will ensure that managers on<br />

different levels of the bridge<br />

operation organisation will have the<br />

correct level of information to<br />

support there decisions.<br />

Reporting<br />

Reporting<br />

Reporting<br />

Evaluation<br />

Strategic<br />

Implementation<br />

Evaluation<br />

Analyse/<br />

Planning<br />

Implementation<br />

Evaluation<br />

Operational<br />

Implementation<br />

Generic model for the<br />

organisation of structural<br />

monitoring activities.<br />

Requirements<br />

Requirements<br />

Requirements<br />

Organisation of structural monitoring data<br />

Strategic Reports<br />

Tactical Statistical info…<br />

Operational Data<br />

acquisition Storage<br />

of raw data….<br />

Organisation of <strong>Structural</strong><br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Data<br />

The structural monitoring basis is<br />

the acquired data from sensors<br />

installed on the structure. In order<br />

to support the above discussed<br />

organisation of structural monitoring<br />

activities the data must be<br />

organised the same way.<br />

On the operational level there will<br />

be one or several individual data<br />

acquisition systems storing the raw<br />

data in preset formats or databases.<br />

From these raw data statistical<br />

information and sample time series<br />

selected based on the bypass of<br />

preset trigger levels will be passed<br />

on to the analysing and planning<br />

level. Only the results of the<br />

management and control performed<br />

at the analysing and planning level<br />

will be reported at the strategic<br />

level. Alarms affecting the immedial<br />

safety of the bridge will always be<br />

reported instantaneous to all<br />

affected managers in the bridge<br />

organisation.<br />

Prioritisation of <strong>Structural</strong><br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Deliveries<br />

Most important for the planning of<br />

a structural monitoring system is the<br />

initial analyse to map the deliveries<br />

the system user needs for his<br />

particular bridge based on the above<br />

discussed considerations to take into<br />

account.<br />

The structural components<br />

assessed to have a need for monitoring<br />

shall be listed in a prioritised list<br />

and grouped as;<br />

• Need to know information<br />

• Nice to know information<br />

• Scientific information.<br />

The list shall be discussed with the<br />

actors; structural bridge designer,<br />

the bridge operator and if a maintenance<br />

unit is planned also the<br />

designer of maintenance activities<br />

according to the actors and their<br />

interests<br />

The storage, processing and<br />

management of monitoring information<br />

shall reflect this list. The<br />

management and control of the<br />

groups shall be put into the shown<br />

generic model.


5<br />

The SuTong Bridge in China is<br />

designed with a sofi sticated structural<br />

monitoring system including all<br />

application areas of structural<br />

monitoring.<br />

Guideline for <strong>Structural</strong><br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> System Parameters<br />

Objectives<br />

The overall aims for structural<br />

monitoring systems are to<br />

• ensure safe structures<br />

• obtain rational and economic<br />

maintenance planning<br />

• attain safe & economic operation<br />

• identify causes for unacceptable<br />

responses<br />

Application Areas<br />

Design Verification<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> monitoring systems can<br />

acquire data on loads and structural<br />

responses over long measurement<br />

periods to verify stochastic load<br />

parameters and compare them with<br />

design requirements and calculated<br />

response. Short time monitoring can<br />

include forced loading on a structure.<br />

Maintenance Planning <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

of structures can provide<br />

quantification of degradation rates<br />

and wear which are essential to a<br />

regular updating of information on<br />

structural states. This in turn can<br />

be used in rational planning of<br />

inspection, maintenance activities<br />

and calibration of lifetime models.<br />

User Safety<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> integrity of critical<br />

elements may be crucial to the<br />

operational safety of structural<br />

systems. Continuous surveillance of<br />

such elements can provide information<br />

or alarms to intervene before<br />

severe consequences develop.<br />

Trouble Shooting<br />

Intermittent and insuffi ciently<br />

understood responses of structures<br />

and associated load parameters<br />

(often wind) can be documented<br />

through automated measuring<br />

campaigns - often of extended<br />

duration.<br />

Example on a SHMS user interface<br />

for the Neva Bridge, Russia,<br />

developed by Futertec, Finland.


6<br />

Low cost <strong>Structural</strong><br />

Evaluation <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

System at Naini Bridge,<br />

India. Designed and<br />

supervised by COWI<br />

phase of a Bridge will provide for<br />

the detection of meteorological,<br />

seismic-tectonic, geometrical,<br />

structural data and/or other data<br />

considered being useful to build the<br />

“history” of the Work.<br />

All measurements and detections<br />

can be performed with adequate<br />

periodicity, can include information<br />

related to location, date and time of<br />

the detection, and can be recorded<br />

and made available during the<br />

construction phase and give information<br />

feedback to the bridge<br />

Designer and Contractor.<br />

SMS Design Philosophies<br />

The system design, supervision,<br />

control and QA are always based on<br />

the COWI philosophies for such<br />

systems aiming at, that the system<br />

shall provide an advanced monitoring<br />

of the structure providing few<br />

but clearly understandable data, an<br />

easy to use graphical user interface<br />

and provide low installation costs.<br />

Data Collection Strategies<br />

To achieve the best cost/benefit<br />

and right extent for a monitoring<br />

solution it is important to create a<br />

comprehensive monitoring strategy<br />

as part of the bridge design or<br />

rehabilitation definition documentation.<br />

The strategy needs to consider<br />

the varying needs of the users of the<br />

monitoring information based on<br />

the above mentioned system<br />

considerations. The strategies can be<br />

as follows depending on the bridge<br />

design<br />

• Do Nothing<br />

• Inspection and Ad Hoc <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

• Inspection, few Sensors and<br />

Portable <strong>Systems</strong><br />

• Inspection and Fixed Sensor<br />

System<br />

• Inspection utilizing combination<br />

of Fixed Sensor System and<br />

portable system<br />

The physical extent of the <strong>Structural</strong><br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> System and the chosen<br />

topology shall reflect the monitoring<br />

strategy.<br />

Types of <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>Systems</strong><br />

Typical the following types of<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> monitoring <strong>Systems</strong> are<br />

designed<br />

Construction <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>Systems</strong><br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> during the construction<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> Evaluation<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Systems</strong><br />

For new and larger than experienced<br />

constructions certain specific<br />

parameters are typically monitored<br />

during construction and structural<br />

warranty period to evaluate and<br />

validate the design assumptions.<br />

Such solutions do not need to be<br />

operational on 24/7 basis, nor does<br />

the information need to be available<br />

without delay. The structural<br />

evaluation systems are typically<br />

tailor made to the application based<br />

on high performance but low COST<br />

components and require a lot of<br />

manual intervention and data<br />

analyses.<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>Systems</strong><br />

The purpose of structural health<br />

monitoring systems is to supply<br />

information on all relevant events<br />

related to operation and condition<br />

of the Bridge structure to the<br />

Operator and assist him to take the<br />

necessary corrective actions, either<br />

through manual commands or<br />

automatic responses, if allowed in<br />

advance by the Operator.


<strong>Structural</strong> health monitoring system<br />

Class<br />

1 2 3 4<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS*<br />

Air temperature SL SL SL SL<br />

Air and surface humidity L SL SL<br />

Precipitation SL SL<br />

Pavement water veil SL SL<br />

Ice formation SL SL<br />

Athmospheric pressure<br />

SL<br />

Solar radiation<br />

SL<br />

LOAD EFFECTS*<br />

Wind Tower top & girder level L L SL SL<br />

Traffic Load and traffic count SL SL SL<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> temperature Girder, tower and cables L SL<br />

Seismic/tectonic activity Seismic activity and tsunami SL SL<br />

Correlation at midspan<br />

L<br />

STRUCTURAL RESPONCE<br />

Corrosion Concrete reinforcement splash zone SL SL SL SL<br />

Joint relative displacement SL SL SL SL<br />

Special element responce L SL SL<br />

Stress/Strain Fatigue orthotropic deck L L SL<br />

cable anchorage L L<br />

Dynamic motion Global bridge behaviour L L<br />

Cables L L<br />

Concrete creep In situ concrete SL SL<br />

Stress/Strain Global bridge sectional forces L<br />

Global structural positioning<br />

L<br />

GEOTECHNICAL RESPONCE<br />

Ground settlement and inclination SL SL SL<br />

Ground pressure L L<br />

Interstitial pressure L L<br />

Special element responce SL SL<br />

* eventually supplied by external weather station / traffic control center / Seismic-tectonic measurement station<br />

class<br />

1 Important for all bridges<br />

2 Necessary for minimum maintenance planning<br />

3 Necessary for an optimal health monitoring and traffic control<br />

4 Nice to know, may be monitored if problem arises<br />

Bridge size<br />

S: Short span<br />

L: Long span<br />

Making it easier for a single<br />

expert to advice on several bridges<br />

simultaneously.<br />

• User interfaces can vary depending<br />

on need. The same data can be<br />

visualized on a monitoring<br />

computer or on the mobile phone<br />

of the bridge manager.<br />

• Data analyses is separated from<br />

its consumption thus enabling<br />

usage of optimised platforms for<br />

each need.<br />

7<br />

The monitoring and control activity<br />

is necessary in order to:<br />

• to check the physical-environment,<br />

structural and traffic<br />

conditions of the Bridge<br />

• to identify, verify and notify<br />

anomalous events and situations,<br />

such as trespassing of attention<br />

and/or criticality thresholds in the<br />

monitored area<br />

• to constitute the infrastructure’s<br />

history, through data collection<br />

and elaboration<br />

• to constitute the data base<br />

necessary for the infrastructure’s<br />

management and maintenance<br />

• to visualize the status of the<br />

systems on displays in the Control<br />

Room<br />

• to assist the Operator in his<br />

management of the Bridge and the<br />

traffic on the Bridge<br />

The creation of a historical file of<br />

collected data will support the<br />

development of maintenance and<br />

management strategies, as well as<br />

the planning of short, medium and<br />

long term interventions.<br />

Each monitoring device (equipment,<br />

system) will be located,<br />

addressable and able to transmit/<br />

receive data to/from a centralized<br />

database server.<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Parameters<br />

Depending on the chosen monitoring<br />

strategy, the bridge type and the<br />

environment it is placed in the<br />

parameters to be monitored must be<br />

optimised.<br />

The shown table summarises the<br />

potential parameters to include.<br />

Deferens’s for short and long span<br />

bridges are shown together with the<br />

importance of the monitoring<br />

parameters.<br />

User Interface<br />

The trend in all monitoring applications<br />

is towards use of universal and<br />

standards based web interface. The<br />

clear advantages of this approach<br />

are:<br />

• Number of simultaneous users/<br />

viewers is limited by server and<br />

bandwidth capacity only.<br />

• Bridge personnel can easily relay<br />

questions to an off-site expert.<br />

The UI (User Interface) has to be<br />

extremely simple as the users are<br />

often not as skilled or motivated as<br />

people were during construction.<br />

Even very small user interface<br />

problems when repeated day after<br />

day year after year get to be<br />

intolerable. The interface must offer<br />

only the absolutely necessary<br />

numbers and try hard not to<br />

overwhelm the user with unnecessary<br />

data. Another role of the<br />

monitoring system and its UI is<br />

when something unexpected and<br />

sudden happens. In this situation<br />

the user interface must give only the<br />

most critical information, it must<br />

not limit the users options, but it<br />

must do all it can to minimize the<br />

total load on the user. The UI will<br />

send automatic alerts to pre-defined<br />

persons, both with SMS or other<br />

means, and free the person on the<br />

spot to do the deciding what to do.


8<br />

Bridge Rating, Maintenance<br />

Management and Feedback<br />

An important part of the inspection<br />

and monitoring programme is the<br />

execution of special inspections and<br />

technical investigations when<br />

necessary. These inspections and<br />

investigations are initiated due to<br />

e.g. unexpected SMS measurements,<br />

extended damages or indication of<br />

beginning failure of the components.<br />

Most of the data evaluation and<br />

modelling is expected done on the<br />

basis of special inspections.<br />

Maintenance inspection by COWI at the main cable of Small Belt Suspension<br />

Bridge in Denmark, in order to update Bridge Maintenance System database.<br />

Bridge owner<br />

External Consultant<br />

Owner<br />

Server<br />

SdM<br />

Bridge<br />

External Bridge<br />

Inspector<br />

1<br />

Ordinary use of BMS and<br />

downloading of selected bridges for<br />

on site activities<br />

5<br />

Transfer of updated inventory data<br />

and inspection data from the Pocket<br />

PC to the inspectors PC<br />

2<br />

Extraction of basic data for on site<br />

activities:<br />

• Inventory data<br />

• Inspection data<br />

• Condition data<br />

6<br />

7<br />

Quality assurance of the transfered<br />

data<br />

Uploading of the updated and<br />

quality assured data<br />

2a<br />

Transfer of the basic data for on site<br />

activities along with a setupprogramme<br />

for the Pocket PC from<br />

owner to the external consultant<br />

3<br />

4<br />

Transfer of basic data for on site<br />

activities from the inspectors PC to<br />

the Pocket PC<br />

On site activities:<br />

• Inventory data Update<br />

• Principal Inspection<br />

• Special Inspection<br />

5a<br />

5b<br />

Quality assurance of the transfered<br />

data by the external consultant<br />

Transfer of the updated and quality<br />

assured data from the external<br />

consultant to owner


9<br />

Event control system<br />

The system will consider as an Event<br />

every signalling of anomaly, breakdown,<br />

accident, unforeseen event,<br />

intrusion, sabotage that generate an<br />

alarm, as well as all planned<br />

activities that influence the Work’s<br />

safety, traffic or durability.<br />

The management of particularly<br />

serious events, such as earthquakes,<br />

calamities, human actions, etc., will<br />

provide the information concerning<br />

the evaluation of consequences and<br />

the planning of intervention,<br />

evacuation, coordination, etc.<br />

In the following some examples on<br />

event control is shown<br />

High Wind Events<br />

Whenever the aerodynamic pressure<br />

on a vehicle is calculated to be<br />

above the acceptable limits for<br />

different classes of vehicles an alarm<br />

will be flashed to the operator on<br />

the SCADA room wall screen and<br />

the Traffic <strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Systems</strong><br />

manager’s screen.<br />

Information concerning the actual<br />

aerodynamic pressure can be<br />

computed based upon real time data<br />

collected by the SMS. The aerodynamic<br />

pressure will be calculated<br />

for:<br />

• Aerodynamic pressure on vehicles<br />

and wagons on bridge (for<br />

standard classes of vehicles)<br />

• Aerodynamic pressure on the<br />

bridge deck<br />

• Aerodynamic pressure on the<br />

bridge structure<br />

Weather Alarm<br />

Operational Status Monitor: Meterological <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

North Road Girder<br />

Wind anemometer<br />

Rain gauge<br />

Water veil<br />

Rail Girder<br />

Air temperature<br />

Surface humidity<br />

South Road Girder<br />

Wind anemometer<br />

Rain gauge<br />

Water veil<br />

Event Management Initiates Automatically<br />

Alarm wind speed > limit<br />

North Road Girder<br />

Wind anemometer<br />

South Road Girder<br />

Wind anemometer<br />

Traffic information Alarm personel Weather forecast<br />

Simulation and prediction monitor: Weather simulation<br />

Windspeed<br />

25 m / s<br />

20 m/<br />

s<br />

15 m/<br />

s<br />

10 m/<br />

s<br />

Measurement<br />

Prediction<br />

Events:<br />

Close bridge<br />

Reduced speed<br />

Close for light vehicles<br />

Warning<br />

Event 1 Event 2 Time<br />

Update: - Bridge servicibility level update based on predictions<br />

- Information to relevant autorities and regional traffic information<br />

- SMS service to frequent bridge users<br />

Weater Status Monitor: Wind Speed Distribution<br />

5,0<br />

Hourly Mean Transverse Wind Speed [m/s]<br />

Minute Gust Transverse Wind Speed [m/s]<br />

6,8<br />

5,1<br />

6,7<br />

8,3<br />

9,5<br />

Wind<br />

6,9<br />

8,3<br />

9,2<br />

11,4<br />

Weather Status Monitor: Wind Rose<br />

5,2<br />

7,2<br />

5,7<br />

7,7<br />

6,2<br />

8,3<br />

5,8<br />

7,9<br />

No event<br />

Warning<br />

Alarm<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> Weather Correlation Monitor:<br />

Wind Induced Sectional Forces<br />

5,2<br />

7,1<br />

9,1<br />

6,8<br />

5,0<br />

5,0<br />

7,9<br />

8,2<br />

6,8<br />

7,0<br />

9,4<br />

11,1<br />

Hourly Wind Speed and Direction at Midspan (Period 1. Aug. 2011 - 21. Feb. 2012, 10:00)<br />

350 0 10<br />

340<br />

20<br />

Wind Evolution During<br />

330<br />

30<br />

Last 7 Hours:<br />

320<br />

40<br />

9:00 to 10:00<br />

310<br />

50<br />

8:00 to 9:00<br />

7:00 to 8:00<br />

300<br />

6<br />

60<br />

6:00 to 7:00<br />

5:00 to 6:00<br />

4:00 to 5:00<br />

290<br />

4<br />

70<br />

3:00 to 4:00<br />

280<br />

2<br />

80<br />

270<br />

260<br />

250<br />

240 8m/s<br />

120<br />

110<br />

90<br />

100<br />

Girder Transverse Bending Moment<br />

Girder Midspan Sectional Forces at Extreem Windeyent<br />

SILS Design Capacity<br />

ULS Design Capacity<br />

SLS2 Design Capacity<br />

SLS1 Design Capacity<br />

SLS1 Wind Speed<br />

SLS2 Wind Speed<br />

ULS Wind Speed<br />

SILS Wind Speed<br />

Aerodynamic<br />

Stability Limit<br />

40 44 47 54 60 75<br />

Hourly Mean Transverse Wind Speed at Midspan<br />

Event on Feb. 3, 2012<br />

(wind speed > 44 m/s)<br />

20:00 - 21:00<br />

19:00 - 20:00<br />

18:00 - 19:00<br />

17:00 - 18:00<br />

16:00 - 17:00<br />

15:00 - 16:00<br />

14:00 - 15:00<br />

230<br />

10m/s<br />

130<br />

220<br />

12m/s 140<br />

210<br />

150<br />

200 160 Bridge Orientation<br />

190 180 170


10<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> Event<br />

In case a pre-set threshold values of<br />

the SHMS is exceeded the system<br />

will generate an event warning or<br />

alarm based on the severity. The<br />

event will be passed on to the event<br />

manager and be classified as a<br />

structural event. From here the<br />

event will automatically be passed<br />

on to the bridge rating module.<br />

Here the event will be given a rating<br />

based on preset weighing functions<br />

taking the importance of the<br />

structural component and the<br />

distance to other similar components<br />

into account.<br />

The result of the rating is stored<br />

in the Bridge Inventory. The<br />

operator will have a graphical front<br />

end to the inventory. Here he can at<br />

all times se the current state of all<br />

structural components and their<br />

actual rating. The graphical front<br />

end can be used to take immediate<br />

decisions concerning the operation<br />

of the bridge if a alarming condition<br />

is shown or by the works maintenance<br />

planning manager for the<br />

optimisation of maintenance works<br />

and coordination of different<br />

maintenance works to be carried<br />

out at the same locations at the<br />

same time on the bridge.<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> Warning and Bridge Rating Alarm<br />

Operational Status Monitor: <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

North Road Girder<br />

Girder acceleration<br />

Road temperature<br />

Steel temperature<br />

Internal air temperature<br />

Internal air humidity<br />

Internal surface humidity<br />

Strain gauge<br />

GPS<br />

Dynamic inclinometer<br />

Rail Girder<br />

Girder acceleration<br />

Steel temperature<br />

Internal air temperature<br />

Internal air humidity<br />

Internal surface humidity<br />

Strain gauge<br />

Warning Sectional force > design limit<br />

South Road Girder<br />

Girder acceleration<br />

Road temperature<br />

Steel temperature<br />

Internal air temperature<br />

Internal air humidity<br />

Internal surface humidity<br />

Strain gauge<br />

GPS<br />

Dynamic inclinometer<br />

Cross Beam<br />

Steel temperature<br />

Internal air temperature<br />

Internal air humidity<br />

Internal surface humidity<br />

Strain gauge<br />

Bridge Rating Monitor: <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Overview<br />

Work maintenance<br />

planning system<br />

- Change of maintenance plan<br />

- New inspection tasks<br />

No event<br />

Warning<br />

Alarm<br />

Automatical update of Bridge Rating<br />

Alarm: Bridge Element Rating > Limit for Maintenance Action<br />

Automatical Alarm Message<br />

Maintenance Management<br />

Work<br />

order<br />

<strong>Structural</strong><br />

simulation<br />

- Caculation effect of warning<br />

- New monitored tests<br />

Inspection and <strong>Monitoring</strong> Program<br />

Inspection and <strong>Monitoring</strong> Planning<br />

Superficial<br />

Inspection<br />

SMS<br />

Principal<br />

Inspection<br />

Special<br />

Inspection and<br />

Technical<br />

Investigation<br />

Maintenance<br />

Inspection<br />

Conversion of<br />

WASHMS data<br />

to be used in<br />

Rating<br />

Modelling, e.g.<br />

establishment of<br />

thresholds<br />

Rating of Components<br />

based on Models<br />

Corrective Maintenance of Components<br />

Preventive Maintenance of Components<br />

Procedures Instructions Procedures Instructions


11<br />

Evaluation of structural<br />

response<br />

The evaluation of structural<br />

response will be based upon real<br />

time structural events collected by<br />

the SHMS. <strong>Structural</strong> events will be<br />

passed on from the event manager<br />

to the Bridge Rating Module<br />

The rating system will provide<br />

rational basis for prioritisation of<br />

inspections and maintenance on<br />

primary and secondary structural<br />

components. The categories,<br />

primary and secondary components,<br />

will be related to a load capacity<br />

analysis model. Secondary components<br />

may be out of function<br />

without collapse of the entire<br />

structure.<br />

The rating system will be based<br />

on the results from the principal<br />

inspection and the structural<br />

monitoring system (SHMS). By<br />

using these two in combination the<br />

additional inspections and maintenance<br />

work can be initiated in a<br />

proactive manner.<br />

Fatigue Damage n N<br />

(millionth of life)<br />

Maximum Stress Range max (MPa)<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

Strain<br />

gauge no.<br />

Fatigue Monitor<br />

<strong>Structural</strong> Status Monitor: Stress Cycle Counting<br />

Maximum stress cycle range at trough/deckplate weld: Stress cycle histogram for strain gauge No. 3:<br />

60<br />

Constant amplitude fatigue limit<br />

Constant amplitude fatigue limit<br />

50<br />

0<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />

Strain gauge no.<br />

Last predicted fatigue damage at worst<br />

instrumented point (strain gauge no 4):<br />

n<br />

100 years: 0,32<br />

N<br />

n<br />

200 years: N 0,84<br />

3<br />

2010 2011 2012<br />

4<br />

Last Prediction<br />

Slow Lane<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />

Maximum stress range identified strain gauge no. 3<br />

Cut -off limit<br />

Simulation and Prediction Monitor:<br />

Cumulative Fatigue Damage<br />

Today<br />

Next Prediction<br />

Measured<br />

Predicted<br />

Stress Range (MPa)<br />

Automatical alarm message if:<br />

∆σmax > constant amplitude fatigue<br />

limit<br />

Maintenance Management<br />

Automatical alarm message if:<br />

n<br />

Miner sum increase ∆Σ N > 0.005<br />

past<br />

year<br />

Cut -off limit<br />

Number of cycles<br />

Work<br />

order<br />

Work maintenance<br />

planning system<br />

- Change of maintenance plan<br />

- New inspection tasks<br />

<strong>Structural</strong><br />

simulation<br />

- Calculation of alarm effect<br />

- New monitored tests<br />

Fatigue monitoring of outriggers at the<br />

Øresund Bridge. Strain gauges located at<br />

selected outriggers are monitored by an<br />

on-line monitoring system calculating the<br />

Miners sum in real-time. Results are<br />

compared with a ABACUS model of<br />

details for analyses of strain distribution.<br />

Photo: Pierre Mens


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Selected Major Bridge Project<br />

Headquarters:<br />

Latvia<br />

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Germany<br />

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Far East<br />

China<br />

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