Ultra-low power wireless sensing for long-term structural health monitoring

Argenis Bilbao; Davis Hoover; Jennifer Rice; Jamie Chapman

doi:10.1117/12.879247

13 April 2011 Ultra-low power wireless sensing for long-term structural health monitoring

Argenis Bilbao, Davis Hoover, Jennifer Rice, Jamie Chapman

Proceedings Volume 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011; 798109 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879247
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Researchers have made significant progress in recent years towards realizing long-term structural health monitoring (SHM) utilizing wireless smart sensor networks (WSSNs). These efforts have focused on improving the performance and robustness of such networks to achieve high quality data acquisition and in-network processing. One of the primary challenges still facing the use of smart sensors for long-term monitoring deployments is their limited power resources. Periodically accessing the sensor nodes to change batteries is not feasible or economical in many deployment cases. While energy harvesting techniques show promise for prolonging unattended network life, low-power design and operation are still critically important. This research presents a new, fully integrated ultra-low power wireless smart sensor node and a flexible base station, both designed for long-term SHM applications. The power consumption of the sensor nodes and base station has been minimized through careful hardware selection and the implementation of power-aware network software, without sacrificing flexibility and functionality.

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Argenis Bilbao, Davis Hoover, Jennifer Rice, and Jamie Chapman "Ultra-low power wireless sensing for long-term structural health monitoring", Proc. SPIE 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011, 798109 (13 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879247

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