Monitoring the safety of bridges with tilt sensors

Bridges are one of the infrastructures that make up the transportation network and are often erected over rivers and lakes to serve as a link between obstructed sections of the terrain. Due to the long-term effects of natural environmental factors and strain problems, bridges can often be full of hidden safety hazards. In order to avoid major accidents due to bridge health conditions, it is therefore necessary to establish a standardized and comprehensive monitoring system. Among the many physical quantities to be measured, the use of inclination sensors to measure small changes in the inclination angle of the bridge in question is an essential task.
In bridge safety monitoring, inclination sensors are usually placed on the bridge deck and bridge towers to measure the deformation of the bridge under load and to assess the structural integrity and stability of the bridge, respectively. The main purpose of the deck deformation monitoring is to determine the bridge stiffness in the vertical direction and the structural load carrying capacity, which are key reference indicators in the bridge appraisal, renovation and acceptance process of new bridges. The bridge tower is another place that needs to be measured by inclination sensors. The inclination value of the bridge tower, to a certain extent, reflects whether the structural integrity and stability of the bridge is affected, and thus whether the safety condition of the bridge will be jeopardized.
The Denuo Inclination sensor is a single-axis tilt sensor chip with a measurement angle of 15° in Murata's SCA103T series, which is based on 3D-MEMS technology and adopts the differential measurement principle. Unlike the SCA100T, although the SCA103T series inclination sensor also uses two sensitive elements, but is installed in the same axis, is a single-axis measurement inclination sensor chip. Compared to the single-axis inclination sensor SCA61T series, its accuracy is higher. High calibration accuracy, low temperature drift and high resolution combined with low noise and sound design make the SCA100T ideal for high precision horizontal measurement instruments. At the same time, Murata's inclination sensors have better vibration and shock resistance. Deno Sensor, providing industry solutions.