Experimental monitoring of the Humber bridge using GPS

Vidal  Ashkenazi; G.W. Roberts

doi:10.1680/icien.1997.29810

Experimental monitoring of the Humber bridge using GPS

Vidal Ashkenazi
, G.W. Roberts

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Abstract

The global positioning system (GPS) of navigation satellites can now be used for real-time monitoring of large-scale structures, such as reservoirs,tall buildings and bridges. This paper describes the way in which the UK’s Humber bridge was monitored using ‘kinematic GPS’. The results show remarkable accuracies of the order of a few millimetres in all three directions. They demonstrate that the technique allows the collection of real-time deflection data which could be used to determine the deformation characteristics of the bridge and eventually provide a structural failure alarm capability.

Original language	English
Article number	11296
Pages (from-to)	177-182
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering
Volume	120
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/icien.1997.29810
Publication status	Published - 1997

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GPS
structural health monitoring
suspension bridge
surveying

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