A method to assess the value of monitoring an SHM system (original) (raw)

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Abstract

Aging structural components, together with the increasing transportation needs and limited budgets, are challenging aspects that typically concern decision-makers and infrastructure owners. Although Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has been a powerful tool to optimize maintenance-related activities and post-disaster emergency management, the sensor readout and, therefore, the outcome of the monitoring system is susceptible to errors due to malfunctioning. For years, the Value of Information (VoI) has been studied to quantify the long- term benefit of SHM systems against the initial investment in sensing instrumentation without considering the eventuality of faulty sensing nodes. However, these are very common in field applications. This paper proposes a new framework to calculate the benefit of using Sensor Validation Tools (SVTs) before calculating the damage-sensitive features that drive the SHM process. The novel approach extends the traditional Vol to consider multiple “health...

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