USE OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OF STRUCTURES (ASMS)
Pages 230-242
Buildings and installations in the course of construction and operation have to withstand sometimes tremendous loads and stresses depending on the impact of external factors and operating loads. Such external factors influencing the strains of buildings and installations may be the changes of external climatic conditions such as diurnal variation of air temperature, snow loads and seismic forces. Permanent impacts of external factors and operating loads result in gradual deterioration of buildings and installations, and at excess of rated loads they lead to premature wear, irreversible strains and destruction of structural elements. it is necessary to perform periodic inspections of structures in order to monitor and predict the state of structural elements of buildings and installations, for the purpose of the early warning of changes of geometrical parameters towards the unfavorable situation development. The need to track a state of erected buildings and installations, as well as to collect and analyze information during the whole period of operation resulted in development and implementation of automated systems for monitoring of the state of structures (ASMS). This article considers the general issues on organization of ASMS, with the examples of application of these systems in construction. Automated systems for monitoring of structures should be considered as the important constituent of the general system of the construction industry projects safety. Use of automated monitoring systems makes it possible to promptly obtain and analyze the current data about a state of erected or operated building; these systems may be effectively used for testing of foundations and structural elements of buildings and installations.
DOI: 10.22227/1997-0935.2017.2.230-242