Paper title

“Using Wireless Sensor Networks in Structures Health Monitoring”

Authors: Assim Sagahyroon, Mohamed Shashaa, Omar Alsaman and Jamal Abdalla
Affiliation: American University of Sharjah, College of Engineering, Sharjah, UAE

Abstract - The continuous structural health monitoring of civil structures provides near real -time structural conditions assessment that is critical in evaluating the short and long term conditions of a building or a structure. In this work we will report and discuss experimental results based on the use of wireless sensor units designed following the IEEE 802.15.4 standard to monitor the health of a structure and wirelessly transmit relevant data to a central repository for analysis. The structure is subjected to free vibration with initial displacement and the horizontal accelerations of floors in the structure is then recorded by the wireless sensors and transferred to the data logger.