Open Systems Laboratory at Illinois

Next generation wireless smart sensors toward sustainable civil infrastructure

By B.F. Spencer, J.-W. Park, K.A. Mechitov, H. Jo, and G. Agha. Procedia Engineering, 171:5–13, 2017. The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials - Sustainable Structures for Future Generations.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.304
Publisher Link:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817303041

Abstract

This paper presents the recent development of a next-generation wireless smart sensor (WSS) platform to enable a more accurate, inexpensive, and greatly simplified method of instrumenting structures for structural health monitoring. The modular hardware platform features a 24-bit high-precision, analog-to-digital converter with eight differential channels of analog input, and programmable antialiasing filters. The node can measure: (i) three-axes of acceleration for global response monitoring (ii) strain for local response monitoring, (iii) temperature, and (iv) high-level voltage signals from external sensors, providing the multi-scale sensed information needed for advanced structural health monitoring (SHM). Communication with a power-optimized ZigBee radio can be achieved at distances of up to 1km. An extensible, actor-based software framework facilitates the creation of distributed SHM applications. The framework employs a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach and provides a suite of modular, reusable, and extensible middleware services suitable for WSS applications. This platform addresses critical SHM needs, enabling tightly synchronized sensing, addressing data loss, and efficiently implementing the demanding numerical algorithms required for system identification and damage detection on sensor nodes with limited resources.

BibTeX

@article{spencer2017pi,
    author = "Spencer, B.F. and Park, J.-W. and Mechitov, K.A. and
              Jo, H. and Agha, G.",
    title = "Next Generation Wireless Smart Sensors Toward Sustainable
             Civil Infrastructure",
    doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.304",
    issn = "1877-7058",
    journal = "Procedia Engineering",
    keywords = "wireless sensor, smart sensor, xnode, structural
                health monitoring",
    note = "The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Civil
            Engineering Structures and Construction Materials - Sustainable
            Structures for Future Generations",
    pages = "5-13",
    url =
           "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817303041",
    volume = "171",
    year = "2017",
}