Structural health monitoring system for steel antenna mast of guangzhou television and sightseeing tower

H. F. Zhou, Yiqing Ni, W. Y. Liao, Hwa Yaw Tam, S. Y. Liu

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Abstract

The Guangzhou Television and Sightseeing Tower (GTST) located in Guangzhou, China, is a supertall structure with a total height of 610 m. One of the outstanding features of GTST is its 156 m high antenna mast founded on the top of the main tower which is a 454 m high tube-in-tube structure. The lower part of the antenna mast is a steel lattice structure and the upper part is a steel box structure. In view of the slenderness of the antenna mast as well as its extreme high erection location, a long-term structural health monitoring (SHM) system is being implemented for the antenna mast to watch its structural condition, especially the stability and whipping effect. This SHM system comprises anemometers, tiltmeters, accelerometers, and fiber optic sensors, totaling nearly 90 sensors in number. In addition, GTST is also designed with a hybrid control system with the intention of mitigating wind-induced vibration of the main tower. As operation of this control system requires the structural conditions as input, a data acquisition system is being implemented by the authors to feed the acceleration, velocity and displacement information to the control system. This paper briefs the SHM system for the antenna mast and the data acquisition system for the hybrid vibration control of the main tower.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICASS '09/IJSSD - Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures and Progress in Structural Stability and Dynamics
Pages702-707
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009
Event6th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures and Progress in Structural Stability and Dynamics, ICASS 2009 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 16 Dec 200918 Dec 2009

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures and Progress in Structural Stability and Dynamics, ICASS 2009
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period16/12/0918/12/09

Keywords

  • Antenna mast
  • High-rise structure
  • Steel spatial structure
  • Structural health monitoring (SHM) system
  • Supertall tower

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction

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