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MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY OF LOW SPEED DATA FOR LONG TERM BRIDGE MONITORING BY CONSTRUCTING RECONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

SALGAONKAR, VASANT ANIL

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2007, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Electrical Engineering.
University of Cincinnati Infrastructure Institute (UCII) has been monitoring the structural health of highway bridges across Ohio for over a decade. The effects of traffic and environmental conditions on the bridge are studied by attaching sensors at key locations on the structure. Strain gages are used to measure forces induced in the bridge due to changes in the ambient temperature. The effect of temperature induced strains on the bridge manifests over a long period and hence, is called “Low Speed Data”. Bridge instrumentation schemes developed at UCII are capable of recording strain gage data automatically. The software package created here will allow researchers at UCII to manage, analyze and display this “Low Speed Data”. This software consists of a Matlab based graphical user interface (GUI) which will allow UCII researchers to store the strain gage information into a MySQL database using a simple point and click interface. It will also allow the UCII researchers to create web accessible interfaces. These web interfaces can be customized to represent different instrumentation schemes used for different bridges. This software ensures that these modifications can be done in a facile manner through simple drag and drop interface implemented in Macromedia Flash MX. This will enable the UCII researchers in efficient deployment of web accessible GUI for end-users, like the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODoT) officials and fellow structural engineers. The web accessible GUIs so constructed will be secure, easy to use and allow authorized end-users to view strain and temperature history at various instrumented points on a bridge in form of dynamically generated plots. This software can be potentially extended in order to post process the acquired data and automate the process of uploads to the database.
Dr. Arthur Helmicki (Advisor)
113 p.

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  • SALGAONKAR, V. A. (2007). MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY OF LOW SPEED DATA FOR LONG TERM BRIDGE MONITORING BY CONSTRUCTING RECONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1172676972

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • SALGAONKAR, VASANT. MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY OF LOW SPEED DATA FOR LONG TERM BRIDGE MONITORING BY CONSTRUCTING RECONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1172676972.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • SALGAONKAR, VASANT. "MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY OF LOW SPEED DATA FOR LONG TERM BRIDGE MONITORING BY CONSTRUCTING RECONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1172676972

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)