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instrumentation to monitor and determine the structural response during an earthquake and also to<br />

determine the damage level based on advanced data analysis. This application requires especially:<br />

High number of channel count<br />

Different type of sensors (accelerometers, pressure, temperature, relative displacement, etc)<br />

Relatively high dynamic range (min. 96dB)<br />

Compact system hardware<br />

Redundancy<br />

Easy configurable real-time data analysis<br />

Full-remote control<br />

Powerful data broadcasting<br />

Real-time design limits exceedance analysis<br />

A short historical evolution of the instrumentation dedicated to structural monitoring is presented<br />

below (see Table 1.1)<br />

TABLE 1.1<br />

EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURAL RESPONSE MONITORING EQUIPMENT<br />

Type<br />

Analog<br />

Analog<br />

Analog<br />

Analog<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Digital<br />

Recording<br />

Media<br />

Photographic Film<br />

Photographic Film<br />

FMTape<br />

FMTape<br />

Memory<br />

Memory<br />

Memory<br />

Memory<br />

Sundisk<br />

Sundisk<br />

Sundisk<br />

Sundisk<br />

PC-Based<br />

PC-based<br />

Number of<br />

Channels<br />

3<br />

13<br />

3<br />

12<br />

3<br />

18<br />

24<br />

3<br />

3<br />

24<br />

3, 6, or 12<br />

18<br />

32, 64, or 128<br />

32, or 64<br />

Dynamic range<br />

fdBl<br />

-60<br />

-60<br />

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