Structural Health Monitoring System, Naini Bridge, India

The Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Naini Bridge was designed as a modern advanced monitoring system with the provisions for design verification, user safety support and optimization of maintenance planning. Also the system was designed to operate by a distributed data acquisition network based on standard data acquisition units and standard data acquisition software from US based National Instruments, in order to keep costs low.

So far the SHMS has through advanced GPS and Weigh in Motion monitoring proven able to detect the frequency of overloaded vehicles passing the bridge and to verify some design parameters concerning temperature movements.