System and method for monitoring structures
AssigneeCompetitive Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWeiping Li, Qinghong Cao
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for monitoring strain on a structure, such as a bridge. A plurality of battery powered wireless monitoring units are adapted for attachment to the structure, each or the units including: a sensing transducer for producing signals representative of strain, processing circuitry for processing strain-representative signals, the processing circuitry including a rain flow counter, storage for storing, as processed signals, accumulated rain flow counts of predetermined magnitudes, and a transmitter for wireless transmission of the processed signals to a receiver.
Claims9
A system for monitoring strain on a structure, comprising:
- a plurality of battery powered wireless monitoring units adapted for attachment to the structure, each of said units including:
- a sensing transducer for producing signals representative of strain, processing circuitry for processing strain-representative signals, said processing circuitry including a rain flow counter means and means for storing, as processed signals, accumulated rain flow counts of predetermined magnitudes, and means for wireless transmitting of the processed signals;
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- receiving means for receiving the transmitted processed signals.
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