Feasibility study of mobile scanning technology for fast damage detection of rural bridge using wireless sensors

This study aims at conducting the feasibility study on detecting damage of bridges through using passing vehicles and wireless sensors. As the first step, the finite element program has been compiled and some explorative tests have been conducted. It is found that the damage detection process is affected by the parameters of the vehicles and bridge, such as mass ratio, stiffness ratio, vehicle speed, bridge type, road roughness, etc. The theoretical results showed satisfied results of the proposed approach. Because of the scope and limitation of the testing in this study, however, further study will be needed to validate the applicability of this approach with advanced testing in the future.