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Pontem Monitoring using IoT

R. Dhivya Devi
Devi, S. Dinesh, S. Gowri Shankar, K. Ravi Teja
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Arasur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,
Nadu India

ABSTRACT
In recent years, many of the bridges are monitored the bridge. Aerodynamic and aero elastic properties of
using non-destructive
destructive testing methods. These methods bridges are estimated based on synchronized wind and
are used for checking the structural damage, acceleration data. The measured data from the
wreckage, strength of the bridges. To reduce the wireless monitoring system enables comprehensive
human losses, economic losses, protect the strength assessment of the bridge's health.
and structure of bridge we are introducing a smart
bridge monitoring using sensors where it gives high 2. WIRELESS NETWORKS:
and low values depending upon the problem oc occurred
in the bridge. Now a day we are in hike of power Wireless network is drastically
astically evolved in the present
supply, so we are using Wireless Sensor Networks century. As the wired connections are complicated in
(WSN) technology for regular monitoring of the case of a large network, wireless communications are
bridge which consumes less power with accurate preferred in many areas. Thus in our project Wireless
values. This project describes the real time working communication plays a major role in transferring the
and getting real time values. Outcome of the project is sensed dataa values of the bridge to the cloud storage.
to bring a product based module. In order to store the data in cloud we are designing a
web page using PHP web language. Using this
Keywords: WSN; SHM; Nodes; Methodology; webpage, can be opened across the globe by
providing a separate ip address.
1. INTRODUCTION:
3. WSN TECHNOLOGY:
Health is an important issue not only for human
beings, but also for civil infrastructures. Bridge Wireless sensor networks (WSN), sometimes called
collapses often result in a large number of casualties, wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSAN), are
as well as negative social and economic spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor
consequences, as was seen in the II-35W bridge physical or environmental conditions, such as
collapse in Minneapolis,
neapolis, MN, in2007. Structural temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and to cooperatively
health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructures can pass their data through
ough the network to a main location.
mitigate problems. The monitoring system can The more modern networks are bi-directional,
bi also
estimate the bridge's various physical states. To enabling control of sensor activity. The development
determine structural performance and find possible of wireless sensor networks was motivated by military
damage locations. Cable tension force, one of the applications such as battlefield surveillance; today
most important integrity measures for cable
cable-stayed such networks
orks are used in many industrial and
bridges, is estimated automatically using a vibration
vibration- consumer applications, such as industrial process
based method. We also could assess deck deck-cable monitoring and control, machine health monitoring,
interaction, which may cause dynamic instability of etc.

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It is built of "nodes” from a few to several hundreds The wireless sensing platform was developed to
or even thousands, where each node is connected to address real-time,
time, lossless acquisition
acquis of structural
one sensor. vibration, strain, and temperature measurements with
3.1 Each such sensor network node has typically a specific emphasis on highway bridge monitoring.
several parts: However, as evidenced by the open architecture of the
1. A radio transceiver with an internal antenna or sensor interface and flexibility of the embedded
connection to an external antenna software, the platform is capable
capa of addressing a
2. A microcontroller variety of wireless applications utilizing a wide range
3. An electronic circuit for interfacing with the of both analog and digital sensors. Consequent to the
sensors and an energy source far reaching application, the requirements have
chosen to refer to the system design as Wireless
The cost of sensor nodes is similarly variable, ranging Sensor Solution, or WSS.
from a few to hundreds of dollars, depending on the
complexity of the individual sensor nodes. Size and 4. TESTING
TING OF LARGE STRUCTURES:
cost constraints on sensor nodes result in Some types of destructive testing:
corresponding constraints on resources such as
energy, memory, computational speed and 1. Stress tests
communications bandwidth. The topology of the 2. Crash tests
WSNs can vary from a simple star network to an[1] 3. Hardness tests
advanced multi-hop
hop wireless mesh network. The 4. Metallographic tests
propagation technique between the hops of the
network can be routing or flooding. Destructive[2] testing is generally most suitable and
economic for mass produced objects, as the cost of
If a centralized
ntralized architecture is used in a sensor destroying a small number of pieces is negligible. The
network and the central node fails, then the entire samples are put under different loads and stress. That
network will collapse, however the reliability of the way we can analyze in which point your material
sensor network can be increased by using distributed eventually gives up and cracks. The results gained are
control architecture. Distributed control is used in then compared to regulations and/or quality
WSNs for the following reasons: guidelines. Destructive tests
ests are best when used
1. Sensor nodes are prone to failure, together with our non-destructive
destructive methods: this
2. for better collection of data, combination gives the best information on materials
3. To provide nodes with backup in case of failure of and welds. Non-destructive
destructive tests show if cracks,
the central node. corrosion or other faults exist. Destructive tests in turn
indicate how and when thee objects are in danger of
There is also no centralized body to allocate the breaking down or failing.
resources and they have to be self-organized.
nized.
Some types of non-destructive
destructive testing:
Area monitoring is a common application of WSNs.
In area monitoring, the WSN is deployed over a 1. Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
region where some phenomenon is to be monitored
monitored. 2. Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
3. Radiographic Testing (RT)
4. Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
5. Electromagnetic Testing (ET)
6. Visual Testing (VT)
7. Acoustic Emission Testing (AE)
8. Guided Wave Testing (GW)
9. Laser Testing Methods (LM)
10. Leak Testing (LT)
11. Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL)
12. Neutron Radiographic Testing (NR)
13. Thermal/Infrared Testing (IR)
14. Vibration Analysis (VA)
Fig 1.1 WSN Network

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Nondestructive testing (NDT) [3] is the process of 5.2 Bridge Instrumentation:
inspecting, testing, or evaluating materials,
components or assemblies for discontinuities, or
differences in characteristics without destroying the
serviceability of the part or system. In other words,
when the inspection or test is completed the part can
still be used. These destructive tests are often used to
determine the physical properties of materials such as
impact resistance, ductility, yield and ultimate tensile
strength, fracture toughness and fatigue strength, but
discontinuities and differences in material
characteristics are more effectively found by NDT.
Today modern nondestructive tests are used in
manufacturing, fabrication and in-service inspections Fig 1.3 Proposed Methodology
to ensure product integrity and reliability, to control
manufacturing processes, lower production costs and Here we are using different types of sensors where
to maintain a uniform quality level. During each detects the different problems. The ultrasonic
construction, NDT is used to ensure the quality of sensors are used to detect the natural disasters. For air
materials and joining processes during the fabrication disasters we can use other sensors because to protect
and erection phases, and in-service NDT inspections the hanging bridges too. Other sensors are of common
are used to ensure that the products in use continue to as they monitor the strength and wreckage in the
have the integrity necessary to ensure their usefulness bridge. The data values from other sensors will be
and the safety of the public. sent to the common sensors where these sensors
analyze all the data values and the analyzed values are
5. METHODOLOGY: sent to the database. The values in the database are
5.1 Construction: further sent to the higher officials and to the common
public.
CONCLUSION:
The proposed idea will give you the information in
your hand to make an informed decision. It gives you
flexible and analyzed data in the real time. This
technique will be more useful in monitoring the
condition of bridge, dams and also provide better
support during disasters. This technique can be further
used in various applications. Now a day’s many
people lose their lives because of sudden wreckage,
improper strength and due occur of natural disasters.
To avoid loss of lives we can implement this
technology. The various data values obtained are
Fig 1.2 schematic view of smart bridge commonly analyzed and gives us the final decision
whether the bridge is in safe condition or not.
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