Structural Health Monitoring

Customer:

Hessen Mobil, a regional road and traffic management authority

Location:

Thalaubach-Talbrücke, Germany

Scope:

Having reached the end of its life cycle, the highway bridge (20 meters high, 300 meters long) needs to be replaced in the next few years. Until then, it is critical to closely monitor the structure and respond immediately to any signs of damage.

Services:

Acoustic emissions analysis: Our complex data-analysis process uses high-tech sensors in combination with special software. Every single event occurring in the structural fabric can be tracked, even under challenging environmental conditions with a lot of noise from the cars and trucks driving by.

Added value:

Predictive and safe “end-of-life management”
Extended lifetime of the bridge
No interruption of traffic at highway Autobahn A7