C4.4 - Micro to Nano Integration of Intelligent Wireless Sensors Networks for Structural Meso Scale Applications
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2013
2013-05-14 - 2013-05-16
Nürnberg - Band
- Proceedings SENSOR 2013
- Chapter
- C4 - Wireless Sensors II
- Author(s)
- A. Amditis, M. Bimpas - ICCS, National Technical University of Athens (Greece), D. Zonta, M. Pozzi, D. Trapani - DIMS, University of Trento (Italy), D. Ulieru - SITEX 45 SRL, Bucharest (Romania), N. Bertsch - 4MEMSCAP SA, Parc Activillage des Fontaines (France), V. Spiering, N. Saillen - France5C2V, Enschede (The Netherlands), J. Santana - IMEC-NL, Eindhoven (The Netherlands), T. Sterken, T. Torfs, D. Bairaktaris - D. Bairaktaris & Asc. Ltd, Athens (Greece), S. Camarinopulos, M. Frondistou-Yannas - RISA Sicherheitsanalysen GmbH, Berlin (Germany), V. Kalidromitis - TECNIC S.p.A., Roma (Italy), Y. Stratakos - Advanced Microwave Systems Ltd., Athens (Greece)
- Pages
- 409 - 414
- DOI
- 10.5162/sensor2013/C4.4
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-3-9
- Price
- free
Abstract
Rapid advances in sensing and data transmission techniques, such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), lower power wireless networking and in computation give hopes for a new generation of small, inexpensive, networked sensors that can be distributed on civil and building structures to provide accurate, quantitative information on the physical structure state while in service. This information can be used to assess the structural condition of the monitored facility and aid decision making on rehabilitation so that safety can be attained and rehabilitation costs can be reduced. The aim in EU-funded MEMSCON project was to develop MEMSbased sensors for construction monitoring and to integrate them with a Decision-Support-System (DSS an automatic evaluation software, tol process the measurements and define the condition state, particularly aiming at proactive rehabilitation and rehabilitation after earthquake damage in reinforced concrete buildings . By measuring quantitatively the response of buildings during and after an earthquake, in terms of acceleration and strain become an easy task. based on permanent sensing systems when today the seismic damage is almost exclusively based on visual inspection. To overcome these limitations, MEMCON project aims to produce small size sensing nodes, integrating MEMS-based sensors and an RFID tag in a single package that will be attached to reinforced concrete buildings for life-cycle measurements of acceleration and strain; data that will be transmitted to a remote base station using a wireless interface. DSS will accept input from the sensors to assess the structural condition of the monitored building and to select optimal remedial measures.