Self-charging and self-monitoring smart civil infrastructure systems: Current practice and future trends

Amir H. Alavi, Hassene Hasni, Pengcheng Jiao, Kenji Aono, Nizar Lajnef, Shantanu Chakrabartty

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Abstract

Next generation of smart infrastructure is heavily dependent on distributed sensing technology to monitor the state of urban infrastructure. The smart sensor networks should react in time, establish automated control, and collect information for intelligent decision making. In this paper, we highlight our interdisciplinary research to address three main technical challenges related to smart infrastructure: (1) development of smart wireless sensors for civil infrastructure monitoring, (2) finding an innovative, cost-effective and sustainable energy resource for empowering heterogeneous, wireless sensor networks, and (3) designing advanced data analysis frameworks for the interpretation of the information provided by these emerging monitoring systems. More specifically, we focus on development of a self-powered piezo-floating-gate (PFG) sensor that uses only self-generated electrical energy harvested by piezoelectric transducers directly from a structure under vibration. The performance of this sensing technology is discussed for different civil infrastructure systems with complex behavior. Subsequently, the proposed data interpretation systems integrating deterministic, machine learning and statistical methods are reviewed. We outline our thoughtful vision for the proposed framework to serve as an integral part of future smart civil infrastructure, which will be capable of self-charging and the self-diagnosis of damage well in advance of the occurrence of failure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2019
EditorsJerome P. Lynch, Haiying Huang, Hoon Sohn, Kon-Well Wang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510625952
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventSensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2019 - Denver, United States
Duration: Mar 4 2019Mar 7 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10970
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period03/4/1903/7/19

Keywords

  • Civil Infrastructure Health Monitoring
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Machine Learning
  • Self-powered Sensing
  • Smart Cities

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