This report presents a research examining the feasibility of creating an integrated structural health monitoring and impact/collision detection system for bridges in remote cold regions, where in-person inspection becomes formidable. The research report includes a theoretical analysis of the impact event identification in Chapter II, laboratory experiment verification in Chapter III, and a field testing and an integrated Structural health monitoring system in Chapter IV. Based on the systematical research outcomes, the impact/collision event and the real-time bridge structural health status have been successfully identified and recorded, which could be used for bridge management and resources allocation in future.
How to Cite
Yang, Mijia. An Integrated Real-Time Health Monitoring and Impact/Collision Detection System for Bridges in Cold Remote Regions, MPC-15-282. North Dakota State University - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, Fargo: Mountain-Plains Consortium, 2015.
Final Report 
This report presents a research examining the feasibility of creating an integrated structural health monitoring and impact/collision detection system for bridges in remote cold regions, where in-person inspection becomes formidable. The research report includes a theoretical analysis of the impact event identification in Chapter II, laboratory experiment verification in Chapter III, and a field testing and an integrated Structural health monitoring system in Chapter IV. Based on the systematical research outcomes, the impact/collision event and the real-time bridge structural health status have been successfully identified and recorded, which could be used for bridge management and resources allocation in future.