Abstract
We designed and field-tested a network of low-cost accelerometers for continuous vibration monitoring of footbridges. Over six months, the system detected the bridge’s natural frequencies within 2% of reference measurements and flagged crowd-induced resonance events in real time. The design costs a fraction of commercial systems.
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Author, A., Zhang, W., & Clarke, H. (2026). A low-cost sensor network for monitoring vibrations in pedestrian bridges. Engineering Tomorrow, 1(1), 1-12. https://www.tomorrowpublication.com/engineering/article/7
Author A, Zhang W, Clarke H. A low-cost sensor network for monitoring vibrations in pedestrian bridges. Eng Tomorrow. 2026;1(1):1-12. Available from: https://www.tomorrowpublication.com/engineering/article/7
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