Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Making sense of bridge monitoring: Vision for the future
Aleksandar Pavic
Professor of Vibration Engineering, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences,
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
James M.W. Brownjohn
Full Scale Dynamics Ltd, The Sheffield Bioincubator, Sheffield, UK
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a vision for the future monitoring systems which will become normal require-
ments for management of bridges as key objects of national infrastructure in the UK and elsewhere. Rather than
being pushed by authorities and legislation, we expect that bridge managers will recognize