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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Infrastructure monitoring"”.
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Image-based Fine-scale Infrastructure Monitoring
Monitoring the physical health of civil infrastructure systems is an important task that must be performed frequently in order to ensure their serviceability and sustainability. Additionally, laboratory experiments where individual system components are tested on the fine-scale level provide …
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Evaluation of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Monitoring Protocols
… management practices (BMPs) or Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). Facilities are installed without any requirement of long-term monitoring; instead relying on lab-tested or assumed pollutant removal efficiencies that often do not translate into field implementation and do not perform as …
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Rapid development of a wireless infrastructure monitoring system
… to promote low-cost, low-impact wireless monitoring systems for ageing infrastructure. It was funded by the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI). Particular attention is paid in this thesis to the role uncertainty played in the development process. The importance of using flexibility in …
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Participatory infrastructure monitoring : design factors and limitations of accountability technologies
… investigates practices of participatory infrastructure monitoring and their implications for the governance of urban infrastructure services. By introducing the concept of infrastructure legibility, the three essays of this dissertation investigate ways to make waste systems and their …
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Evaluation of infrastructure monitoring systems using PDA and GPS technologies
… Positioning System (GPS) technologies in an infrastructure monitoring system, one can significantly reduce its administrative cost and improve its efficiency. A PDA allows the user to input data quickly and then stores it digitally using synchronization between the PDA and a desktop or server …
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Intelligent Transportation Systems and Virtual Reality as Technology Accelerators for Smart Infrastructure Monitoring
… systems (ITS) to the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) for bridge infrastructures and develops a virtual reality (VR) platform as a technology accelerator. In the proposed SHM method, video recordings of traffic are captured using traffic cameras and processed using a combination of …
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Investigating the J2EE software architecture for infrastructure monitoring : a water metering case study
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Network Problem Diagnosis and Status Assessment for Wireless Sensor Network in Civil Infrastructure Monitoring
… of the operating mechanisms of WSNs in civil infrastructure monitoring. The proposed methodology involves the utilization of a sniffer device to monitor and analyze the radio activities of WSNs. It is developed by investigating radio activities under different conditions and employing …
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An Interoperable Framework for Real-Time Infrastructure Monitoring and Deep Learning–Based Post-Disaster Damage Assessment for Urban Resilience
Rapid infrastructure damage assessment is essential for effective emergency response, recovery planning, and urban resilience following extreme hazard events. Conventional post-disaster damage assessment relies heavily on manual field surveys, which are slow, labor-intensive, and often infeasible …
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Magneto inductive communication system for underwater wireless sensor networks
… number of applications in underwater environment monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, military applications and ocean exploration. Among the four possible means of underwater wireless communication, namely acoustic, electromagnetic (EM), magneto-inductive (MI) and optics communication, MI …
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Optical breakdown acoustics : transduction and sensing underwater
In the sea, infrastructures such as ships, pipelines, and wind turbines are exposed to harsh conditions that can wear down the structures through wave loading and corrosion. Because of these wear mechanisms, maritime structures require regular inspections to identify early signs of damage or …
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Use of sensors in monitoring civil structures
… the use of sensors and sensor networks in monitoring civil structures, with particular emphasis on the monitoring of bridges and highways using fiber optic sensors. Following a brief review of the most widespread form of civil infrastructure inspection -- visual inspection -- the thesis …
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Error analysis for distributed fibre optic sensing technology based on Brillouin scattering
… a distributed strain sensing technology used for monitoring the structural performance of infrastructures. Although BOTDR has been recently applied to many infrastructure monitoring applications, its measurement error has not yet been thoroughly investigated. The challenge to accurately monitor …
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Mobile sensor systems for field estimation and "hot spot" identification
Robust, low-cost mobile sensing enables effective monitoring and management of urban environment and infrastructure which contributes towards a sustainable future. While mobile sensor systems have attracted significant attention in recent years, a large scale deployment for urban infrastructure …
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Trainable Pre-Filtering for Deep Neural Networks and Applications
… robust image classification, power line monitoring, and next-day wildfire spread prediction. Experimental results demonstrate consistent performance improvements, enhanced robustness, and reduced model complexity compared to conventional deep learning baselines. These results show that …
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An Interactive Learning Framework for Understanding Infrastructure Health Monitoring and Leveraging Machine Learning for Safety Improvement
… It demands a comprehensive understanding of how infrastructure health conditions directly influence crash occurrence and severity patterns. As road networks continue to deteriorate and traffic complexity increases, ensuring roadway safety increasingly depends on integrating advanced predictive …
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Modeling and design of a MEMS piezoelectric vibration energy harvester
… nodes that have application in structural health monitoring, homeland security, and infrastructure monitoring. A review of prior milli- to micro-scale harvesters is provided. Common ambient low-level vibration sources are characterized experimentally. Coupled with a dissipative system model and a …
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Effects of atmospheric profiles on local infrasound propagation
… is important, specifically for persistent infrastructure monitoring. Passively sensing the infrasound field provides useful information about the condition of infrastructure or any activity of interest in the infrasound passband. Meteorological profiles strongly influence the propagation of …
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In-situ assessment of concrete bridge decks and pavements using stress-wave based methods
<p>"Concrete infrastructure of United States is aging and deteriorating. Accurate assessment the condition of concrete infrastructure is critical for its maintenance and rehabilitation. Stress-wave based methods, including ultrasonic surface wave (USW) and impact echo (IE), are becoming popular for …
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High Resolution Distributed Sensing Using Exposed-Core Fibres
… applications in physical sensing for civil infrastructure monitoring. Based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), this thesis extends distributed sensing to biomedical applications, with a focus on the detection of small particles. A high-resolution distributed sensing method has …
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