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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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