본 논문에서는 이단계 칼만필터를 활용한 구조물의 3 자유도 동적변위 계측 시스템을 소개한다. 개발 시스템은 센서 모듈, 베이스 모듈, 컴퓨테이션 모듈로 구성되어 있다. 센서 모듈은 100Hz 샘플주파수의 고정밀 가속도를 계측하는 포스피드백 가 속도계와 10Hz의 샘플주파수의 저정밀도의 속도, 변위를 계측하는 저가의 RTK-GNSS로 구성되어 있다. 계측된 데이터는 LAN 케이블을 통하여 컴퓨테이션 모듈로 전송되고, 컴퓨테이션 모듈에서 이단계 칼만필터를 활용하여 100Hz 샘플주파수의 고정밀 변위를 실시간으로 산정한다. 개발 시스템의 변위 계측 정밀도를 검증하기 위해 미국, 캘리포니아에 위치한 San Francisco-Oaklmand Bay bridge 에서 현장 실험을 수행하였으며, 실험 결과 1.68mm RMS 오차를 보임을 확인하였다.

The paper presents a new short-term dynamic displacement estimation method based on an acceleration and a geophone sensor. The proposed method combines acceleration and velocity measurements through a real time data fusion algorithm based on Kalman filter. The proposed method can estimate the displacement of a structure without displacement sensors, which is typically difficult to be applied to earthquake or fire sites due to their requirement of a fixed rigid support. The proposed method double-integrates the acceleration measurement recursively, and corrects an accumulated integration error based on the velocity measurement, The performance of the proposed method was verified by a lab-scale test, in which displacement estimated by the proposed method are compared to a reference displacement measured by laser doppler vibrometer (LDV).

Measurement of dynamic displacement of large structure is one of the most challenging issues in structural health monitoring. With a Kalman filter based technique, the proposed displacement measurement system which consists of GPS-RTK, accelerometer, DAQ, and computer shows the huge potential for precise measurement of dynamic displacement of large structure. The performance of the system has been verified by modal shaker test. This paper presents a new system for dynamic and pseudostatic displacement measurement for a large-scale civil infrastructure. Even though dynamic displacement measurement on a large-scale structure is one of the most challenging issues in structural health monitoring, traditional displacement sensors as well as cutting edge noncontact sensors suffers from the lack of accuracy and precision due to field conditions such as measurement distance and requirement for a fixed support. With a Kalman filter based technique, the proposed displacement measurement system, which consists of a GPS-RTK, accelerometer, DAQ and computer, efficiently estimates bias contained in the acceleration record by fusing the acceleration with intermittently recorded GPS-RTK data, and estimate high precision and high accuracy displacement by removing the bias from the acceleration record and conducting double integration. Through a series of lab-scale tests using a vibration exiciter, the performance of the system has been verified and shows the potential for accurate and precise measurement of dynamic displacement of a large-scale structure.