Bridges
Monitor bridge behavior during construction and operation, focusing on settlement, rotation, and deck movement with Osprey instrumentation.
Overview
Bridge monitoring tracks how abutments, piers, and decks move and rotate over time so you can manage construction risks and long-term performance.
Common monitoring goals
Bridge projects typically focus on a small set of critical behaviors:
- Abutment and pier settlement along foundations and approach embankments.
- Rotation and tilt of piers, abutments, and retaining structures supporting the deck.
- Deck displacement and profile changes along the length of the bridge.
- Construction staging effects, including load transfers, temporary works behavior, and responses to major construction events.
Relevant Osprey products
Use these Osprey systems to measure the most common bridge behaviors.
OTS
OTS measures orientation and rotation along a line or curve to profile deformation of piers, abutments, and other supporting structures.
ASP
ASP measures distributed settlement along a nominally horizontal profile using the hydrostatic principle, useful for tracking approach and foundation movements.
IPX
IPX is a magnetic-field sensitive probe for automated monitoring of standard magnetic extensometer installations to measure displacement along a line.
Next steps
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