Thermal monitoring of a concrete bridge in London, UK

An application of industrial agents to concrete bridge monitoring

Bridges are key elements of transportation infrastructure. Being expensive vital infrastructure, continuous monitoring and preventive maintenance are of the essence. Wireless sensor networks, the technology of the 21 century offers promising features for a wide range of applications including civil infrastructure monitoring. We present an application of sensor networks backed by agent technolog...

‏‎suppression of coke formation in thermal cracking by coke inhibitors‎‏

‏‎the main purpose of this research was to:1.develop a coking model for thermal cracking of naphtha.2.study coke inhibition methods using different coke inhibitors.developing a coking model in naphtha cracking reactors requires a suitable model of the thermal cracking reactor based on a reliable kinetic model.to obtain reliable results all these models shall be solved simultaneously.for this pu...

Challenges of monitoring use of secondary care at local level: a study based in London, UK.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To provide those working at district level with practical guidance on using hospital data linked to small geographic areas to explore patterns of care. DESIGN Examination of the association between age standardised hospital episode rates for the commonest diagnostic categories and deprivation levels (Carstairs index) of the electoral ward of residence. SETTING An inner Londo...

Design and implementation of a monitoring system applied to a long-span prestressed concrete bridge

Currently long-term monitoring systems are mandatory in major civil engineering structures like bridges, tunnels and dams. Generally, they monitor a set of physical, chemical and mechanical parameters in critical sections of the structure by incorporating appropriated sensors. The set of collected data demonstrates great potential in the prevention of damage and contributes to a more efficient ...

Instrumentation, Modeling and Monitoring of a Concrete Bridge from Construction through Service