SHM
SHM
SHM
SHM Involves:
Health monitoring
Operational Evaluation
Data Feature Extraction
Statistical Models Development
Determination of damage existence
Determination of damages geometric
location
Quantification of damage severity
Prediction of remaining life of the structure
The Process of Structural Health monitoring is process similar
to the pain and illness experienced by human body and how
it is cured.
A need for SHM arises with the fact that properties of both
concrete and steel depend on large number of factors which are
often hard to predict in practice.
Hwy 19 Overpass
Collapse Quebec
(2006, 5 dead)
Damage is defined as changes to
the material and/or geometric
properties of a structural that
adversely affect its performance.
2. Data acquisition
Defines the sensing hardware and the data to be used in
the feature extraction process.
3. Feature extraction
The process of identifying damage-related information
from measured data.
Bridges
Tunnels
Wind Generators
Apart from old buildings there are high rise buildings made of
steel and concrete which have started to make their way in india
and as they need extensive modeling, design details and
analysis before and during construction.
Static and Dynamic Load testings are carried out in todays bridges to
satisfy the IS codes and safety measures.
These tests are carried only during major events in the bridge lifespan
especially the construction time and major repairs & retrofitting.
Apart from this Permanent & Continuous monitoring are required for
majority of bridges to prevent any human loss.