Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement

Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement

This article presents a system for monitoring the load caused by strong winds and snow on buildings’ roofs. An estimation of the total load on the structure is obtained by measuring the strain on the main roof girders. The system is based on a wireless sensor network structure. The measurement node...

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Main Author: Bogdan Dziadak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Electronics
Subjects:
structural health monitoring
strain measurement
wireless sensor networks
strain sensors
polymer sensors
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/4/609
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spelling doaj-54950c29738b4492a01548bc204221472020-11-25T03:01:16ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922020-04-01960960910.3390/electronics9040609Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load MeasurementBogdan Dziadak0Institute of Theory of Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Information Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandThis article presents a system for monitoring the load caused by strong winds and snow on buildings’ roofs. An estimation of the total load on the structure is obtained by measuring the strain on the main roof girders. The system is based on a wireless sensor network structure. The measurement node uses metal strain gauges and strain sensors based on conductive carbon polymers. The application of such sensors allowed us to achieve a measurement resolution of 5.5 ustrain. The node is managed by an Atmeg8A microcontroller. The use of energy saving modes allows for a battery life of 6 months.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/4/609structural health monitoringstrain measurementwireless sensor networksstrain sensorspolymer sensors
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author Bogdan Dziadak
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Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
Electronics
structural health monitoring
strain measurement
wireless sensor networks
strain sensors
polymer sensors
author_facet Bogdan Dziadak
author_sort Bogdan Dziadak
title Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
title_short Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
title_full Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
title_fullStr Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
title_full_unstemmed Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement
title_sort structural health monitoring system for snow and wind load measurement
publisher MDPI AG
series Electronics
issn 2079-9292
publishDate 2020-04-01
description This article presents a system for monitoring the load caused by strong winds and snow on buildings’ roofs. An estimation of the total load on the structure is obtained by measuring the strain on the main roof girders. The system is based on a wireless sensor network structure. The measurement node uses metal strain gauges and strain sensors based on conductive carbon polymers. The application of such sensors allowed us to achieve a measurement resolution of 5.5 ustrain. The node is managed by an Atmeg8A microcontroller. The use of energy saving modes allows for a battery life of 6 months.
topic structural health monitoring
strain measurement
wireless sensor networks
strain sensors
polymer sensors
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/4/609
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