Task force 6.1.1 - Measurements and Analysis of Cyclic
Deformations and Structural Vibrations
Chair – Dr. Gethin Roberts, United Kingdom
Email: Gethin.Roberts@nottingham.ac.uk
This task force was also established at the FIG Congress in Washington in April
2002, and is chaired by Dr Gethin Roberts. Various members of the FIG
showed interest in this task force topic, and contacts were established. One of
the main aims of this task force is to establish techniques to enable cyclic
deformations to be measured and analysed. This type of work is already underway
at the University of Nottingham, whereby kinematic GPS, servo driven total
stations, accelerometers and pseudolites are being used to measure dynamic
deformations of structures. The types of structures currently under observation
are bridges. This work is currently funded by the UK’s Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council under a joint project with Cranfield University
entitled “A Remote Health Monitoring System Using Computational Simulation and
GPS Sensors”. In addition to the two research centers, Railtrack, W. S. Atkins
and Pell Frishmann are also involved with this ₤500,000 (approximately $750,000)
research project. The results from this project are presented at the various
relevant FIG meetings.
Furthermore, the FIG meetings allow researchers from all over the world to
gather and discuss various issues concerning the work. Consequently, individual
links are firmed and research collaboration is established. For example, there
has been a great deal of collaborative research and exchanges with the
University of Nottingham and the University of New South Wales. It is hoped that
more similar collaboration will be established and encouraged through the FIG
meetings. This means that such work will not simply concentrate within the FIG
meetings themselves, but will expand outside of the meetings, but will then
hopefully report back to the meetings and conferences through paper
presentations. Members of this task force attended the IAG/FIG conference in
Berlin in May 2002, and presented a variety of papers relevant to the field.
This was a good meeting and an opportunity to talk with more colleagues about
the variety of international work. A variety of papers on this subject were also
presented at the FIG WG 6.1 meeting in Santorini in May 2003.
A workshop will be held at Nottingham during the summer of 2004. This will be
in conjunction with a meeting of Working Group 6.4. It is anticipated that the
attendees will be more than just surveyors, and will include structural
engineers and other people interested in this type of work.
Anyone wishing to participate and contribute to Task Force 6.1.4 should contact
Dr. Gethin Roberts, email:
Gethin.Roberts@nottingham.ac.uk. |
