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Dr Gethin Wyn Roberts, Chris Brown, Dr Oluropo Ogundipe

Monitoring Bridges by GNSS

• 7 Bridges, case studies

• Large and small suspension bridges, one viaduct, one cable stayed bridge

• New tests on the Severn Suspension Bridge, antennas on cables and towers

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Nottingham Wilford Suspension Bridge

London Millennium Suspension Bridge

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Humber Bridge

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Forth Road Bridge

Avonmouth Viaduct

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Height Results

Seohae Grand Bridge, Korea Location: From Kyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si Poseoung-myun Naegi-ri To Choongcheongnam-do Dangjin-gun Songak-myun Bokwoo

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Severn Suspension Bridge

9 GNSS receivers

2 reference stations

Reference station and backup

Post Processed OTF

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Antenna locations, tower and cable

Movements location A, 40 min period

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Location B 10 mins

Location B 1 min

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Tower Longitudinal movements, 10 mins

Location A spectral analysis

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Location B spectral analysis

Tower T1 spectral analysis

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Height 4 locations 10 mins

Conclusions

• Valuable monitoring tool and technique

• Forth and Severn suffer wire breaks

• Long term monitoring?

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