Wireless Real-Time Telemetry Automatic System for Monitoring the Settlement of Structure and its Application
An intelligent system, which is real-time, remote, and automatic for monitoring the settlement of surface subsidence or building, was developed based on the principle of communicating vessels. The Hydrostatic leveling, displacement sensors, data acquisition and transmission, 3G wireless communications module, computer terminals, and data processing software were integrated in the system, which has the following functions: monitoring data real-time acquisition and transmission, automatic calculation and analysis of the settlement, and early warning by remote wireless mode. The system has been successfully applied in the Minzhi station project of Shenzhen Metro Line 5 to ensure the normal operation of existing railway. Meanwhile, the high accuracy and reliability of the system are also verified by the engineering applications. It can be applied to monitor the settlement of similar projects.