SBIR Phase II: Earthquake Damage Assessment Instrumentation Study

* 9500116韦斯特莫 这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目将设计和安装几个原型，地震破坏仪器系统（基于无损评估的新技术）到私人和商业结构。Strain Monitor Systems，Inc. (SMS)正在开发一种独特的专利技术，用于材料的安全和损坏评估。在第一阶段，原型传感器的构造和测试在实验室中识别地震引起的峰值应变和挠度的有效性。结果表明，该技术将为安全监测提供一种简单、廉价的方法。第二阶段将扩大研究范围，包括在几种不同类型的结构中完成系统的安装和操作。系统将被设计和安装到|1）几处私人住宅，2）马林县，加州，市政中心，大厅！司法大楼，和3）洛杉矶I-10到I-405立交桥。该系统将能够按需自动或手动监控传感器，并将其用作演示该技术的评估平台。 该技术提供了一种简单、可靠和廉价的评估地震破坏的方法。快速和定量地识别结构内的损坏程度（以及余震期间故障的可能性）的能力具有良好的商业潜力。这些信息将降低受损结构的维修成本，并提供一种快速准确确定结构安全性的方法。 ***

*** 9500116 Westermo This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will design and install several prototype, earthquake damage instrumentation systems (based on a new technology for non-destructive evaluation) into private and commercial structures. Strain Monitor Systems, Inc. (SMS) is developing a unique, patented technology for the safety and damage assessment of materials. In Phase I, prototype sensors were constructed and tested in the laboratory for their effectiveness at discerning seismically-induced peak strains and deflections. The results have shown that the technology will provide a simple, inexpensive approach for safety monitoring. Phase II will expand the research to include the complete installation and operation of systems in several different types of structures. Systems will be designed and installed into | 1) several private residences, 2) the Marin County, California, Civic Center, Hall of ! Justice building, and 3) the Los Angeles I-10 to I-405 Interchange bridge. The system will be able to monitor the sensors on-demand, either automatically or manually, and they will be used as evaluation platforms from which to demonstrate the technology. The technology provides a simple, reliable, and inexpensive means of assessing earthquake damage. The ability to quickly and quantitatively discern the level of damage (and the potential for failure during an aftershock) within a structure has good commercial potential. Such information will reduce repair costs to a damaged structure as well as provide a means for the quick and accurate determination of a structure's safety. ***