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1) Ventura - Instrumentation of Structures
1) Ventura - Instrumentation of Structures
of Structures
Carlos E. Ventura, P.Eng.
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Department off Ci
Civilil E
Engineering
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The University of British Columbia
ventura@civil.ubc.ca
GOALS
REDUCE
RESPONSE TIME
ASSESS/
IMPROVE
DESIGNS MONITOR
STRUCTURAL
HEALTH
Displacement
p Time-Historyy (FEMA
( 274))
Mehmet Celebi, et.al. Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Needs of a Building
Owner and the Solution
12 ACCELEROMETERS
1 TEMPERATURE BANGKOK
3 WIND SIDE
BACK
SPAN
6-BCE
PYLON, DECK LEVEL
MIDSPAN
QUARTER SPAN
35-BCE, and 35-BUB
25-BCE and 25-BUB
Key elements
Highly flexible
Expandable through networking
High resolution
Continuous data transmission and display
Courtesy of Mauricio
Ciudad Real
On-line Alerting of Structural Integrity and Safety for post Earthquake Building Occupancy Resumption Assessment
Functions
IIn-situ
it andd remote,
t real-time
l ti alerting
l ti
using on-screen imaging, light and
audible alarms
Data acquisition as a high dynamic
range accelerograph
Remote control and display of system
functions
Long-term health monitoring
C
L
EC D B A G F
Wireless
IP
Cloud
Central Recording
System
Instrumentation
Di iti i
Digitizing &R
Recording:
di 84 Acceleration
l Channels:
h l
2 Acquisition Blocks 42 Uniaxial Acc. ES-U
Central Recording System 7 Triaxial Acc. ES-T
7 Triaxial Borehole Acc.
Acc ES
ES-SBH
SBH
Damage Detection
Database: Process New Information:
Modes and Frequencies Modes and Frequencies
Mass and Stiffness Mass and Stiffness
FEM FEM
Loads Loads
Deflections
fl Deflections
fl
Condition Assessment
Damage Detection Process
‘The
The four levels
levels’
Data
Interrogation
Structural Damage
Health Prognosis
Monitoring