An Improved Monitoring System via the Integration of Structural Health Monitoring and Earthquake Emergency Alert Technologies

Abstract

As a result of the advantages it offers in construction management and maintenance, structural health monitoring for civil structures is becoming more popular in Europe and throughout the world. The main advantages of using such methods include cheaper inspections, more accurate research into the behavior of structures under dynamic loads, better seismic protection, and real-time or near-real-time observation of structural response and evolution of damage, which helps with post-earthquake scenario production and rescue efforts. As a result, Structural Monitoring Systems is a very multidisciplinary field, in which researchers from a wide variety of fields and institutions may work together to improve the effectiveness and reliability of these systems, the benefits of which are almost self-evident. Nowadays, developments in wireless sensor networks, techniques for determining modal properties, and damage detection systems are among the most urgent issues in the sector. Although modal identification and damage detection algorithms have improved, sensor technology has advanced at a faster rate.