Integrated System for Monitoring Bridge Structures

Abstract

Use of integrated monitoring system for composite bridges ensures an increased structural durability and leads to a reaction of costs for inspection, repairs and rehabilitation. Integrated monitoring system assists and improves investigation and planning activities and allows optimized allocation of financial resources.
The permanent bridge monitoring system presents the following advantages:
- reduces the interferences with traffic;
- reduces the costs of access to the structure elements;
- allows monitoring of structural elements with difficult access;
- allows a precise real time assessment of bridges conditions;
- allows a precise evaluation of the degradation mechanisms and of their appearance;
- defines precise elements parameters of a bridge maintenance and repair strategy.
Use of integrated monitoring system for composite bridges secures a reduction of 25% of maintenance costs and increases by 10% the operation life of concrete bridges.