Dazhi Bridge Safety Monitoring Demonstration Project

Dazhi Bridge Safety Monitoring Demonstration Project

Technology for the real-time monitoring of bridge safety is required by bridge management authorities and one task the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering(NCREE) has continually researched and developed. How to conduct real-time monitoring of long-range, multi-span bridges economically and effectively has remained the most significant challenge for related research and development. The NCREE has significantly improved the manufacturing of fiber optic sensor instruments, fiber optic welding technology, and communication capabilities in recent years, allowing the center to conduct real-time monitoring of long-range, multi-span bridges. Last September NCREE obtained approval from the Taipei City government to establish a fiber optic monitoring system on Dazhi Bridge. We hope that by using this project as an example, we can introduce a new generation of comprehensive full-bridge fiber optic monitoring technology to bridge management authorities throughout Taiwan.