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Case Studies: |
Structural Health Monitoring of the Hong Kong Stonecutters Bridge
using ARTeMIS
The Government of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (HK-SAR) has ordered a custom
monitoring system for the prestigious Hong Kong
Stonecutters bridge. This is one of the longest
cable-stayed bridges in the world, currently under construction
(http://www.stonecuttersbridge.net).
Artist impression of the
Hong Kong Stonecutters
bridge.
The custom monitoring system will be
part of the bridge's Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System
(WASHMS) that monitors the response of the bridge to wind loading,
temperature loading, highway loading and seismic loading. Sensors
collect information on the spot and transmit their signals back to
central control units for storage and analysis.
The software platform used is the
FEMtools Framework produced by Dynamic Design Solutions,
Belgium, and the delivery to the onsite bridge control units
includes several licenses of
ARTeMIS
Extractor Pro, and of the
FEMtools Model Updating, for real-time correlation of the bridge
mode shapes with reference modes obtained from a validated and
updated finite element model.
This order will be a major showcase
for state-of-the-art structural health monitoring technology that
uses operational modal testing and model updating-based damage
identification applied on large scale civil engineering structures.
Related Information
Other companies involved
in the Hong Kong Stonecutters Bridge project are:
Highways Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region
Dynamic Design Solutions
COWI Consult
Ove Arup
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