Experimental Verification and Full-Scale Deployment of Global Positioning Systems to Monitor the Dynamic Response of Tall Buildings
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 132, Issue 8
Abstract
The Civil Engineering community has long needed methods of accurate global displacement measurement for use in construction and more recently in the areas of structural health monitoring. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) provide one answer to this challenge, with rapid advancements in the available sampling rates and tracking resolution. However, as a relatively new dynamic sensing technology, GPS performance must be thoroughly validated before its application in full scale. This paper details an experimental program with this aim, documenting the performance of a high-precision GPS in terms of its background noise and dynamic tracking ability, while providing position quality thresholds suitable for qualifying the accuracy of tracking in full scale. Given the performance observed in these studies, considerations for full-scale deployment are offered as well as an assessment of its efficacy in monitoring the dynamic motions of a tall building through the Chicago full-scale monitoring project.
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Acknowledgments
The writers are grateful for the financial support of the National Science Foundation, via Grant No. NSFCMS 00-85109, and the University of Notre Dame. They also wish to acknowledge their collaborators on the project: the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario and Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP in Chicago, as well as Dr. Dae Kun Kwon, NatHaz post-doctoral research assistant, and Ms. Lijuan Wang and Ms. Tiphaine Williams, graduate students from the University of Notre Dame. Of course, this project would not be possible without the cooperation and assistance of the building owners and management at the reference and rover sites—the support and enthusiasm of all the participants is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also go to Mr. John Berkebile of the St. Joseph Co. Ind. Parks Department for assistance in the GPS calibrations and to Mr. James Stowell and his staff at Leica Geosystems for their technical counsel and generous support of this program.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 132 • Issue 8 • August 2006
Pages: 1242 - 1253
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Received: Apr 14, 2005
Accepted: Oct 10, 2005
Published online: Aug 1, 2006
Published in print: Aug 2006
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Note. Associate Editor: Ahmet Emin Aktan
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