Smart Bridges (IMAGE)

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Smart Bridges

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Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Stephen Neidigk positions a Comparative Vacuum Monitoring sensor on a bridge. In his other hand is the control system that periodically checks the sensor and a wireless transmitting device to autonomously alert the maintenance engineers if it detects a crack.

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Photo by Randy Montoya

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