Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge

David Nepomuceno; John Bennetts; Graham T. Webb; Matt Langhorne; Mike Johnson; John Macdonald; Theo Tryfonas; Paul Vardanega

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Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge

David Nepomuceno, John Bennetts, Graham T. Webb, Matt Langhorne, Mike Johnson, John Macdonald, Theo Tryfonas, Paul Vardanega

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A fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) cycle footbridge has been proposed for construction in Bristol, United Kingdom for South Gloucestershire Council. The superstructure will span 54 m, comprising a bowstring carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) arch with a 5 m wide glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) deck supported by stainless steel hangers. Recently, a methodology has been proposed that provides a structured process to assess the value of a structural health monitoring (SHM) system for a bridge prior to deployment. This methodology outputs a simple metric that quantifies the likeliness of an SHM system to yield value to an asset owner. This FRP bridge is used as a case-study to ‘road test’ this process. Two possible systems were considered: a system of accelerometers and a system of strain gauges. From the resulting discussions, a deployment of accelerometers received a value-rating (VR) of 4.2. A strain gauge deployment received 3.7. The scores will contribute to a monitoring specification for the FRP bridge which is currently in the design phase. Expansions to the methodology have also been proposed to better capture the potential value of an SHM system which would be of interest to structural engineers and researchers, in particular to inform model validation and research activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE)
Editors	Hugo Rodrigues, Amr Elnashai
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	151-166
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030019327
ISBN (Print)	9783030019310
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01932-7_13
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Publisher	Springer, Cham
ISSN (Print)	2366-3405

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SHM deployments for two bridge structures: Assessing potential value
Nepomuceno, D., Vardanega, P. J., Tryfonas, T., Pregnolato, M., Bennetts, J., Webb, G., Foster, A., Augustine, L. & Holland, M., 27 Jun 2022, Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022), Barcelona, Spain, July 11-15, 2022. Casas, J. R., Frangopol, D. M. & Turmo, J. (eds.). 1st ed. London: CRC Press/Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1078-1086 9 p.
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Nepomuceno, D., Bennetts, J., Webb, G. T., Langhorne, M., Johnson, M., Macdonald, J., Tryfonas, T., & Vardanega, P. (2019). Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge. In H. Rodrigues, & A. Elnashai (Eds.), Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE) (pp. 151-166). (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01932-7_13

Nepomuceno, David ; Bennetts, John ; Webb, Graham T. et al. / Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge. Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE). editor / Hugo Rodrigues ; Amr Elnashai. Springer, Cham, 2019. pp. 151-166 (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures).

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Nepomuceno, D, Bennetts, J, Webb, GT, Langhorne, M, Johnson, M, Macdonald, J , Tryfonas, T & Vardanega, P 2019, Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge. in H Rodrigues & A Elnashai (eds), Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE). Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Springer, Cham, pp. 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01932-7_13

Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge. / Nepomuceno, David; Bennetts, John; Webb, Graham T. et al.
Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE). ed. / Hugo Rodrigues; Amr Elnashai. Springer, Cham, 2019. p. 151-166 (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures).

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Nepomuceno D, Bennetts J, Webb GT, Langhorne M, Johnson M, Macdonald J et al. Assessing the Potential Value of a SHM Deployment on a Proposed Footbridge. In Rodrigues H, Elnashai A, editors, Advances and Challenges in Structural Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The Official International Congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE). Springer, Cham. 2019. p. 151-166. (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures). Epub 2018 Oct 28. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01932-7_13

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