An Integrated System for Structural Behaviour Visualization

Within the scope of a research project (SMARTE Project), which main objective is to develop and implement a continuous and remote monitoring scheme, is being realized in Portugal the instrumentation of a prestressed concrete structure (Sorraia River Bridge). The installed monitoring scheme, more efficient and less expensive than traditional surveillance techniques, makes possible the “on time” structural behavior control minimizing costs related with inspection and maintenance. In this paper an integrated system for visualization of structural behavior is presented. It main components are the Structural Behavior System Visualization (SBSV) and the Database System Consultation (DSC). The obtained information from the installed sensors, which is later processed by the DSC, constitutes the SBSV input data. The DSC also allows the remote communication with the data acquisition system, being responsible for the management of all collected data. During the construction of such systems several technologies and languages such as SQL, PHP, C++ and HTML, are being used and integrated together. The access to those systems is made by Internet for the entrance in a restricted environment. It is intended, with them, that the structural behavior accompaniment is carried out in a simple, fast and efficient way.