Field Qualification of Inexpensive Wireless Systems to Monitor Micrometer Crack Response for Structural Health Monitoring

This paper describes the details of installation and operation of a commercially available wireless system to measure response of interior cosmetic cracks in a residential structure over a period of a year. Wireless data loggers managed the response of low-power-draw potentiometers that measured micrometer changes in crack width. Systems like those studied herein are useful to describe the performance of any component of a constructed facility that involves existing cracks such as bridges, building facades, or other structures. Four wireless nodes were deployed within and around a test home of frame construction to qualify the system for further field use. Considerations for qualification included: fidelity of the measured crack response, ease of installation, resolution of structural health measurement, length of operation under a variety of conditions without intervention, and ease of display and interpretation of data. The article first describes the components of the system and the measurement plan. It then closes with an evaluation of the considerations for field qualification.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000453
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Authors:
  • Dowding, Charles H
  • Kotowsky, Mathew P
  • Koegel, Thomas
• Publication Date: 2015-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 04014041
• Serial:
  • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0887-3828
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/toc/jpcfev/27/1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cracking; Data collection; Data logging; Field tests; Installation; Instrumentation; Potentiometers; Remote sensing; Structural health monitoring; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I30: Materials; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01534514
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Aug 14 2014 9:18AM