Enhancing collapse detection and alarms in bridge management

Ming Kuan Tsai, Nie Jia Yau

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Abstract

Taiwan has more than 28,000 bridges. In the past decades, because of scour problems, some bridges collapsed. Such accidents have caused severe economic losses and killed many people. Although Taiwanese government agencies have mitigated the relationship between natural hazards and bridge collapse, the lack of mechanisms for bridge collapse detection and on-site emergency alarms still exists at bridge sites. Therefore, this study proposes a bridge safety monitoring information system. With mixed collapse detectors, this information system could identify the status of various bridge elements in real time. After two-year tests at six bridge sites, this study confirmed that the performance of the bridge safety monitoring information system. Overall, this study helps for similar applications in bridge and disaster management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Science and Precision Engineering Innovation
Pages1180-1184
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventInternational Applied Science and Precision Engineering Conference 2013, ASPEC 2013 - NanTou, Taiwan
Duration: 18 Oct 201322 Oct 2013

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume479-480
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

ConferenceInternational Applied Science and Precision Engineering Conference 2013, ASPEC 2013
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityNanTou
Period18/10/1322/10/13

Keywords

  • Bridge management
  • Collapse detection
  • Electronic circuits
  • Emergency alarms
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Zigbee

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