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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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54950c29738b4492a01548bc204221472023-11-19T20:37:46ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922020-04-019460910.3390/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 |
| spellingShingle | Bogdan Dziadak Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement Electronics structural health monitoring strain measurement wireless sensor networks strain sensors polymer sensors |
| title | 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_short | Structural Health Monitoring System for Snow and Wind Load Measurement |
| title_sort | structural health monitoring system for snow and wind load measurement |
| topic | structural health monitoring strain measurement wireless sensor networks strain sensors polymer sensors |
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