Measurement of wind-induced response of buildings using RTK-GPS
Measurement of wind-induced response of buildings using RTK-GPS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0167-6105(02)00287-8
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发表时间:
2002-12-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Yoshida, A
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作者:
Tamura, Y;Matsui, M;Yoshida, A
Accelerometers have been used for field measurements of wind-induced responses of buildings. However, wind-induced response consists of a static component, i.e. a mean value, and a dynamic fluctuating component. The static component is difficult to measure by accelerometers. An RTK-GPS (Leica MC1000) has a nominal accuracy of +/- 1 cm + 1 ppm for horizontal displacements and +/- 2cm + 2ppm for vertical displacements with a sampling rate of 10 Hz. This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of RTK-GPS for wind-induced response measurements and its efficiency in measuring the displacement of a full-scale tower.As the first experiment, the accuracy of Real-Time Kinematic-Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS) in measuring sinusoidal displacements was examined, using an electronic exciter. When the vibration frequency was lower than 2 Hz and the vibration amplitude was larger than 2cm, RTK-GPS results seemed to closely follow the actual displacement.The efficiency of RTK-GPS was then demonstrated in the full-scale measurement of an actual steel tower. Based on the feasibility study of RTK-GPS for measuring wind-induced responses of buildings, the responses with amplitudes larger than 2 cm and natural frequencies lower than 2 Hz can be detected by RTK-GPS. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.