SmartSync Framework in Structural Health Monitoring

This study presents a new structural health monitoring (SHM) framework for tall buildings, “SmartSync”, utilizing building’s existing networks to offer much of the flexibility of the wireless system, and addressing data process/mining for long-term SHM. A centralized server performs basic data acquisition, event triggering and database management, while also providing data visualization that can be securely accessed via a web browser. Additional on-demand modules using web-based on-line approach provide data analysis, database access for current/past data statistics, dissemination and system identification on demand in order to mitigate huge efforts to data process/mining. The SmartSync framework has been deployed in the world-tallest building, Burj Khalifa, and confirmed its efficacy in practical application.