Abstract

This research focuses on the automation of an existing structural health monitoring system of a bridge using the BIMification approach. This process starts with the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of an existing bridge for the numerical calculations of static and dynamic parameters. The validation of the FE model and existing SHM system was carried out by the field load testing (Static and dynamic) of the bridge. Further, this study tries to fill the research gap in the area of automatic FE model generation by using a novel methodology that can generate a BIM-based FE model using Visual Programming Language (VPL) scripts. This script can be exported to any FE software to develop the geometry of the FE model. Moreover, the SHM devices are deployed to the Building Information modelling (BIM) model of the bridge to generate the BIM-based sensory model (as per the existing SHM system). In this way, the BIM model is used to manage and monitor the SHM system and control its sensory elements. These sensors are then linked with the self-generated (Internet of Things) IoT platform (coded in Arduino), developing a smart SHM system of the bridge. Resultantly, the system features visualisation and remote accessibility to bridge health monitoring data.

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Title
Automation of structural health monitoring (SHM) system of a bridge using BIMification approach and BIM-based finite element model development
Author
Fawad, Muhammad 1 ; Salamak, Marek 2 ; Poprawa, Grzegorz 2 ; Koris, Kalman 3 ; Jasinski, Marcin 2 ; Lazinski, Piotr 2 ; Piotrowski, Dawid 2 ; Hasnain, Muhammad 4 ; Gerges, Michael 5 

 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Gliwice, Poland (GRID:grid.6979.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2335 3149); Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.6759.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2180 0451) 
 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Gliwice, Poland (GRID:grid.6979.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2335 3149) 
 Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.6759.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2180 0451) 
 University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (GRID:grid.15276.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8091) 
 University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK (GRID:grid.6374.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0693 5374) 
Pages
13215
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2850413541
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. corrected publication 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.