System and method for monitoring structures
US5754122A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C13/02
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system is disclosed for monitoring strain on a structure, such as a bridge. A plurality of battery powered wireless monitoring units are adapted for attachment to the structure, each or the units including: a sensing transducer for producing signals representative of strain, processing circuitry for processing strain-representative signals, the processing circuitry including a rain flow counter, storage for storing, as processed signals, accumulated rain flow counts of predetermined magnitudes, and a transmitter for wireless transmission of the processed signals to a receiver.
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