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Advanced Weather Monitoring for a Cable Stayed Bridge

Venkatesh, Chandrasekar
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-9457
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535377315373168

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2018, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Electrical Engineering.
In the northern United States, Canada, and many northern European countries, snow and ice pose serious hazards to motorists. Potential traffic disruptions caused by ice and snow are challenges faced by transportation agencies. Successful winter maintenance involves the selection and application of the most optimum strategy, over optimum time intervals. The risk associated with operating the bridges during winter emergencies varies depending on the size of the structure, the material of the stays, volume of average daily traffic, geographical location, nature of terrain and surroundings etc. The `Dashboard’, a monitoring system designed to help the bridge maintenance and operation personnel was developed at University of Cincinnati Infrastructure Institute. This was implemented at the Veterans Glass City Skyway Bridge in Toledo, Ohio. This system was also extended to the Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver, Canada. The aim of this research is to come up with an advanced monitoring system which will help the bridge management team make control actions during winter emergencies on the VGCS and Port Mann bridges. The current monitoring system gives information on the status of ice accumulation/ snow accretion or shedding based on last one hour’s weather data. This dissertation focuses on adding intelligence to the existing system through addition of sensors, identifying patterns in events, adding cost-benefit analysis and incorporating forecast parameters, while also extending the system to other bridges and structures. In essence a new, more intelligent monitor designed to make the control decisions easier and have all necessary information to make such decisions in one place will be invaluable to the officials in the transportation departments.
Arthur Helmicki, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Victor Hunt, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ali Minai, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Douglas Nims, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
William Wee, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
169 p.
Engineering
Dashboard; Weather monitoring; Bridge operations; Snow emergency; Ice emergency; Weather forecast

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  • Venkatesh, C. (2018). Advanced Weather Monitoring for a Cable Stayed Bridge [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535377315373168

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Venkatesh, Chandrasekar. Advanced Weather Monitoring for a Cable Stayed Bridge. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535377315373168.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Venkatesh, Chandrasekar. "Advanced Weather Monitoring for a Cable Stayed Bridge." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535377315373168

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