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Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 14709
Amount: $299,901.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
25 Scatterwood Court
Woodlands, TX 77381
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Karl F Kiefer
 Sr Partner
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Research Institution
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Abstract

A NEED EXISTS TO MONITOR VIBRATION IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES. IT IS DESIRABLE TO MONITOR MANY POINTS ON THE BRIDGE. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS THAT SENSORS MUST BE WIRED TO A CENTRAL LOCATION. WIRE IS DIFFICULT TO INSTALL AND TO MOVE. THE SOLUTION IS TO COLLECT SENSOR DATA BY RADIO. A SYSTEM EXISTS THAT ELIMINATES WIRE. IT GATHERS SENSOR DATA TO A CENTRAL LOCATION BY RADIO. THE SYSTEM'S UNIQUE FEATURE IS THAT ALL DATA NODES ACT AS RELAYS FOR EACH OTHER. THE FURTHEST DATA NODE FROM THE CENTRAL DOES NOT HAVE TO TRANSMIT DIRECT TO THE CENTRAL. INSTEAD, DATA IS RELAYED FROM NODE TO NODE AND THEN TO CENTRAL. COMMAND INSTRUCTIONSARE PASSED FROM THE CENTRAL TO THE NODES THE SAME WAY. THE TECHNIQUE RESULTS IN COMMON HARDWARE MODULES, LOW POWER, ANDSIMPLE OPERATION. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE OPERATION ON A TEST BRIDGE. INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ARE AUTOMATIC. NODES ARE LOGGED IN AS THEY POWER UP. THE NETWORK LEARNS ASIT OPERATES. IT RECONFIGURES ITSELF TO REACT TO SIGNAL BLOCKAGE. MANY APPLICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE GENERIC APPLICATION IS ANY REQUIREMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF EVENTSOCCURRING AT ONE LOCATION; AND, TABULATION OF THAT EVENT WITH LIKE EVENTS COINCIDENTALLY OCCURRING AT OTHER LOCATIONS.

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