Bridge Monitoring
Geocomp's structural monitoring program provides actionable real-time data for the following key risk indicators:
- General strain and principle stresses
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Load testing for load rating
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Loads and stress losses
- Fatigue life prediction of steel girders, steel plates and other steel members
- Frequency, modal shape and damping estimation
- Rotation of piers, decks, bearings, abutments and other members
- Displacements of expansion joints, bearings and other members
- Corrosion detection and progression
- Geometry and settlement of bridges
- Wind speed, precipitation, visibility, temperature and atmospheric pressure measurements
- Vibration monitoring
- Noise monitoring
- Cable stay vibrations and wire break detection
- Detection of bridge strikes, ship impacts and extreme events
- Stresses, loads and geometry changes during bridge moves
Collectively, monitoring can ultimately increase the quality and cost effectiveness of decisions by providing reliable and unbiased information for:
- Life-time monitoring
- Structural maintenance
- Fatigue analysis
- Asset management
- Long term performance monitoring
- Performance validation
- Finite Element (FE) model calibration
- Safety and failure warnings
- Litigation reduction
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Adjacent construction monitoring