Description
Bridges serve as critical transportation infrastructure, but traditional maintenance inspection to ensure their safety is time-consuming, costly, and labor-intensive, especially for larger and more complex structures. This study presents a practical framework for the instrumentation, data acquisition, and remote condition assessment of the Gerald Desmond Bridge, California’s largest cable-stayed bridge. The framework aims to establish a foundation for real-time or near real-time remote health monitoring of the bridge’s critical elements. The study highlights the advantages of remote monitoring in terms of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and early detection of damage.
Publication Date
1-2024
Publication Type
Report
Topic
Transportation Engineering
Digital Object Identifier
10.31979/mti.2023.2155
MTI Project
2155
Mineta Transportation Institute URL
https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2155-Structural-Bridge-Health-Monitoring
Keywords
bridges, remote monitoring, transportation infrastructure
Disciplines
Transportation | Transportation Engineering
Recommended Citation
Mehran Rahmani, Vesna Terzic, Andrea Calabrese, and Brittany Cambell. "A Practical Framework for Component-Level Structural Health Monitoring of the Gerald Desmond Bridge" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2024). https://doi.org/10.31979/mti.2023.2155
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