Sunshine Skyway Bridge monitoring phase I : system assessment and integration recommendations.

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• Creators:
  Rice, Jennifer A. ; Davis, Justin R.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Florida. Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridge Management Bridge Management Systems Bridge Monitoring Cable-stayed Bridge Cable Stayed Bridges Data Acquisition Sensors Structural Health Monitoring Sunshine Skyway Bridge
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Tampa (Florida)
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Sunshine Skyway Bridge has several different types of monitoring instruments in place maintained by Florida
  
  Department of Transportation (FDOT) offices, divisions, and partners. The current decentralized approach to data collection
  
  and monitoring on the bridge has resulted in a number of inefficiencies in the methods by which equipment is maintained
  
  and observational data is obtained. Although the safety of day-to-day bridge operations is not being compromised, the
  
  existing inefficiencies and challenges could be mitigated by a more robust, holistic monitoring system design, which would
  
  also support system expansion to accommodate additional sensors and more sophisticated monitoring approaches. The longterm
  
  research goal is to take the system from its current limited functionality to a fully integrated and highly flexible
  
  monitoring system with a user-friendly Web interface and full data archiving. This proposed system will combine data from
  
  existing sensors (weather stations, GNSS/GPS, accelerometers, etc.) into a single monitoring interface for data visualization
  
  and alerts. To leverage the data produced by the integrated monitoring system, a calibrated finite element model will be
  
  developed for use in setting loading and response thresholds for warning and maintenance decisions. The first step in
  
  achieving these goals is to understand the challenges and limitations of the existing monitoring system. As such, the larger
  
  research effort is divided into phases, and this report describes Phase I, in which the observations and recommendations in
  
  achieving the project’s goals have been summarized.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FDOT Contract No. BDV31-977-43
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:69582441e0386fc66b497af8f9741e063b7ea4cc4ca597b476254a2160537c93
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31669/dot_31669_DS1.pdf
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