Development of bridge health monitoring systems in Taiwan

C. Y. Wang, H. L. Wang, C. Y. Wu, C. H. Chen

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Abstract

There are around 24,000 existing bridges in Taiwan. These structures deteriorated and damaged due to the careless of maintenance and natural disasters. What is the remaining loading capacity and resistance to the earthquake, flood and typhoon of these deteriorated structures is recognized recently as an emerging subject and research area for bridge engineers all over the world. This paper presents the concept and procedures of developing a bridge health monitoring system (BHMS) currently executed in Taiwan. This BHMS is part of the National Bridge Management System (NBMS) of the country that has been developed and continuously maintained by the National Central University since 1999. Some real time bridge safety warning & monitoring systems have been established recently in the island. The difficulties related to the system design, sensing technology, data collection, transmission, interpretation, management and system maintenance that were admitted in the past are remarked.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStructural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure
Pages1067-1072
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2003
Event1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, SHMII-1'2003 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 13 Nov 200315 Nov 2003

Publication series

NameStructural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure
Volume2

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, SHMII-1'2003
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period13/11/0315/11/03

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