An approach to decision‐making analysis for implementation of structural health monitoring in bridges

Adverse situations such as prolonged downtime of a structure, unnecessary inspections, expensive allocation of personal and equipment, deficient structural performance, or failure can be avoided by using structural health monitoring (SHM). Enhanced structural safety is the leading reason for its implementation, but one of the remaining obstacles to fully implement SHM systems deals with justifying their economic benefit. At any point in time,...