Dynamic structural response monitoring of tall buildings using GPS

• Main Authors: Brownjohn, James Mark William, Tor, Yam Koon, Law, Choi Look, Pan, Tso Chien
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Spatial information/surveying; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5174
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report presents research carried out up to December 2004 aimed at tracking the dynamic, static and quasi-static movements of a tall building under the influence of wind, earthquakes and thermal effect, using conventional instrumentation and a system designed to use the global positioning system...