The notion of blasting, even in a controlled setting such as a limestone quarry, can be alarming to residents and business owners within earshot. Because humans are inherently sensitive to blast-induced vibrations, they perceive that the structures in which they live in are equally sensitive. The goal of this project...
This appendix contains all software used to program the MICA2 motes for Version 1 of the MICA2-based wireless ACM system. This appendix is organized by software directory and only the modified files are included.
Autonomous Crack Monitoring (ACM) and Autonomous Crack Propagation Sensing (ACPS) are two types of structural health monitoring in which characteristics of cracks are recorded over long periods of time. ACM seeks to correlate changes in widths of cosmetic cracks in structures to nearby blasting or construction vibration activity for the...
This manual describes use of a new hybrid autonomous crack and structural response monitoring (ACSM) system. It is designed as a low cost alternative to the research grade version employing SOMAT’s eDAQ data recording system. The concept is to combine a new field portable, 24 bit, 12 channel seismograph with...
This paper describes the details of installation and operation of a commercially- available wireless system to measure response of an interior cosmetic crack in a residential structure over a period of a year. Wireless data loggers managed the response of low power draw potentiometers that measured micrometer changes in crack...
The purpose of this comparative field qualification is to demonstrate the new Kelunji EchoPro
hybrid ACSM system and its performance relative to the eDAQ and eko Motes systems. These three
systems are installed at a test site in Sycamore, IL, adjacent to an active quarry. Data for this report was...