Wireless Structural and Seismic Monitoring
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Engineers and scientists are using the latest sensing and measurement techniques to enable a more intelligent and safer civil infrastructure for existing and new structures around the world. Wireless technology expands these measurement techniques allowing engineers to make measurements that were previously difficult or even impossible. Through a combination of modular, commercial off-the-shelf wireless hardware and flexible NI LabVIEW graphical programming software, engineers can make simple, secure, wireless measurements to improve the safety of the world’s structures. |
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Wireless Measurements Benefit Structural and Seismic Monitoring
The flexibility of LabVIEW graphical programming and the ubiquity of Wi-Fi network infrastructure make it easy to implement wireless measurements into existing and new structural and seismic monitoring systems. NI Wi-Fi and Ethernet DAQ, based on NI C Series modules, extend the world-trusted measurement hardware from National Instruments to places where wiring historically is difficult or cost prohibitive. With capabilities to stream dynamic measurements, including strain and vibration, at 50 kS/s per channel at 24 bits of resolution, and the highest form of commercially available network security, Wi-Fi DAQ enables real-time measurement and analysis capabilities previously only possible by physically connected measurement systems.
Watch the introductory webcast on simplifying remote monitoring with LabVIEW »
View the specs on the NI WLS-9237 strain measurement device »
View the specs on the NI WLS-9234 sound and vibration measurement device »
NI Case Studies for Structural and Seismic Monitoring
With off-the-shelf engineering tools from National Instruments, engineers and scientists can build simple or complex structural monitoring systems. Common solutions are based on a variety of NI hardware including NI CompactRIO, NI CompactDAQ, PXI, and wireless measurement devices, programmed with LabVIEW graphical programming software, and data management and mining performed using NI DIAdem. Read the case studies below to learn how engineers around the world are working with National Instruments to improve the safety of structures through structural health monitoring.
Building and Stadium Case Studies
- Structural Health Monitoring of 2008 Olympic Venues in Beijing with LabVIEW and CompactRIO
- Meazza Stadium Uses NI CompactRIO to Usher in a New Frontier in Structural Monitoring
Bridge Case Studies
- Using PXI and LabVIEW to Perform Continuous Structural Health Monitoring of the World’s Longest Bridge
- Monitoring the Structural Health of the Rion-Antirion Bridge Using LabVIEW and PXI
- UCSD Powell Laboratory Smart Bridge Testbed
Monument and Statue Case Studies
- Relocating Ramses II with the Help of LabVIEW and PXI
- LabVIEW Monitors the Tallest Medieval Bell Tower in Europe
Dams and Levees
Tunnels
Pipeline
Additional Case Studies
Additional Resources
Software Additional Resources
Hardware Additional Resources
- Learn More about NI Wi-Fi DAQ
- Deploy Embedded Systems with CompactRIO Embedded Monitoring System
- Make Fast and Accurate Measurements with NI CompactDAQ USB Data Acquisition System
- Learn More about NI PXI Modular Test and Measurement Platform
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