Application of Statistical Process Control for Structural Health Monitoring of a Historic Building
Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 20, Issue 1
Abstract
The authors apply a statistical process control framework to support structural health monitoring of the Grace Church building in Charleston, South Carolina. Specifically, they conduct a post-hoc analysis of displacement data acquired via remote monitoring of delamination between two wythes of brick in a clerestory wall. The framework consists of formulation and estimation of statistical models to explain the progression of the measurements under ordinary conditions and use of control charts to detect unusual events. One such event was excessive displacement in September 2011 that led the engineer of record to close the building to public access and order immediate repairs. The analysis also reveals a few unusual events that were not apparent from visual interpretation of the data, including a possible precursor to the aforementioned event.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Bennett Preservation Engineering PC of Charleston, South Carolina, and the Grace Church vestry in making structural health monitoring data available for this analysis. The research was partially funded by the Infrastructure Technology Institute at Northwestern University with a grant awarded to the corresponding author.
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Volume 20 • Issue 1 • March 2014
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Received: Sep 12, 2012
Accepted: Apr 17, 2013
Published online: Apr 25, 2013
Published in print: Mar 1, 2014
Discussion open until: May 26, 2014
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