Title :
Energy-harvesting WSNs for structural health monitoring of underground train tunnels
Author :
Cammarano, Alessandro ; Spenza, Dora ; Petrioli, Chiara
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Structural health monitoring is a vital tool to help engineers improving the safety of critical structures, avoiding the risks of catastrophic failures. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a very promising technology for structural health monitoring, as they can provide a quality of monitoring similar to conventional (wired) SHM systems with lower cost. In addiction, WSNs are both non-intrusive and non-disruptive and can be employed from the very early stages of construction.The main goal of this work is to investigate the feasibility of a WSN with energy-harvesting capabilities for structural health monitoring, specifically targeting underground tunnels.
Keywords :
condition monitoring; energy harvesting; failure (mechanical); geotechnical engineering; railways; risk analysis; structural engineering; tunnels; wireless sensor networks; catastrophic failures; critical structure safety; energy harvesting WSN; risk analysis; structural health monitoring; underground train tunnels; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Energy harvesting; Monitoring; Strain; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM, 2013 Proceedings IEEE
Conference_Location :
Turin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5944-3
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6566720
