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Remote Computer-Aided Bridge Performance Monitoring

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A project to monitor the in-service behaviour of the Foyle Bridge, near Londonderry, is described. Special instrumentation to measure the dynamic movements of very large structures has been developed, together with software to control it and to process the data obtained. The system can be run unattended and can be operated by remote control. Typical results are presented.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK

    T. D. Sloan & A. Thompson

  2. Department of the Environment Roads Service, Commonwealth House, 35 Castle Street, Belfast, BT1 1GU, UK

    J. Kirkpatrick

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK

    J. E. Harding , G. A. R. Parke  & M. J. Ryall ,  & 

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Sloan, T.D., Kirkpatrick, J., Thompson, A. (1990). Remote Computer-Aided Bridge Performance Monitoring. In: Harding, J.E., Parke, G.A.R., Ryall, M.J. (eds) Bridge Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7232-3_32

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