[2E7] SHM data combination
J Burns
Mistras Group Ltd, UK
The structural health monitoring (SHM) of structures provides many benefits to the operator of an asset. Real-time in-service data on the behaviour of a bridge, building or wind turbine, for example, allows not only an understanding of what a structure is doing but also how it behaves to different stimulus, as well as if this behaviour changes over time. Successful SHM applications require the collection of data from not just one type of sensor but many different types that are correctly specified (for resolution and accuracy) and collected at the correct sample rate to provide meaningful data. The presentation of this data is then just as important, to provide to a customer not only accurate data but a tool with which they can make meaningful decisions regarding their structure.
This work presents case studies of real in-service applications of SHM and reviews the process of customer specification, system design, installation and data processing and presentation.
This work presents case studies of real in-service applications of SHM and reviews the process of customer specification, system design, installation and data processing and presentation.
