Project Background A wind turbine tower is a slender structure carrying a very large mass at the top, and that geometry makes it sensitive to anything that moves the base. Foundation settlement, a soft patch under one leg, or a foundation bolt that has lost its preload all show up first as tilt — a […]
Project Background Bridges deform continuously. Traffic loading, seasonal temperature swings, wind and post-seismic settling all move a structure at the millidegree level — movements far too small for the crack gauges and visual inspections that many asset owners still rely on. For long-span and high-value structures, the monitoring requirement is not “has it moved a […]
Project Background Concrete gravity dams, arch dams and intake towers are monitored for tilt because a slow, systematic rotation is one of the earliest measurable signs of a developing problem — long before visible cracking. Dam safety instrumentation is also unusually conservative about signal transmission: most dam monitoring systems were specified around 4-20mA current loops […]
Project Background High-speed rail is unforgiving to geometry. Track alignment tolerances on a high-speed line are a fraction of those on conventional rail, and a pier or viaduct section that settles or rotates even slightly can change the ride quality and, in the extreme, the safe operating envelope. Because trains pass at short intervals, the […]
