Development of a cost-effective and flexible vibration DAQ system for long-term continuous structural health monitoring
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Article Title | Development of a cost-effective and flexible vibration DAQ system for long-term continuous structural health monitoring |
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ERA Journal ID | 3705 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Nguyen, Theanh (Author), Chan, Tommy H. T. (Author), Thambiratnam, David P. (Author) and King, Les (Author) |
Journal Title | Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing |
Journal Citation | 64-65, pp. 313-324 |
Article Number | 3857 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United kingdom |
ISSN | 0888-3270 |
1096-1216 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.04.003 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888327015001624 |
Abstract | In the structural health monitoring (SHM) field, long-term continuous vibration-based monitoring is becoming increasingly popular as this could keep track of the health status of structures during their service lives. However, implementing such a system is not always feasible due to on-going conflicts between budget constraints and the need of sophisticated systems to monitor real-world structures under their demanding in-service conditions. To address this problem, this paper presents a comprehensive development of a cost-effective and flexible vibration DAQ system for long-term continuous SHM of a newly constructed institutional complex with a special focus on the main building. First, selections of sensor type and sensor positions are scrutinized to overcome adversities such as low-frequency and low-level vibration measurements. In order to economically tackle the sparse measurement problem, a cost-optimized Ethernet-based peripheral DAQ model is first adopted to form the system skeleton. A combination of a high-resolution timing coordination method based on the TCP/IP command communication medium and a periodic system resynchronization strategy is then proposed to synchronize data from multiple distributed DAQ units. The results of both experimental evaluations and experimental-numerical verifications show that the proposed DAQ system in general and the data synchronization solution in particular work well and they can provide a promising cost-effective and flexible alternative for use in real-world SHM projects. Finally, the paper demonstrates simple but effective ways to make use of the developed monitoring system for long-term continuous structural health evaluation as well as to use the instrumented building herein as a multi-purpose benchmark structure for studying not only practical SHM problems but also synchronization related issues. |
Keywords | SHM, long-term continuous monitoring, cost-effective, sensor solution, distributed DAQ, data synchronization |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400510. Structural engineering |
401702. Dynamics, vibration and vibration control | |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4zv8/development-of-a-cost-effective-and-flexible-vibration-daq-system-for-long-term-continuous-structural-health-monitoring
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