ABSTRACT
With increasing costs of constructing and maintaining infrastructure systems, structural health monitoring (SHM) has seen increased use because it enables owners to evaluate the performance of their systems in real time. To do this, robust, reliable, and intuitive software platforms that can collect, store, manage, process, visualize, and report SHM data are critical. In this study, an evaluation of various existing commercial software platforms was performed using a decision matrix that was developed and used to evaluate the functionality and useability of each platform. Areas evaluated included cost structure, data interpretation, data calculation, software visualization, alarm and report creation, and project management. Ten plus years of experience with the Indian River Inlet Bridge, a fully instrumented cable-stayed bridge, was utilized in developing the decision matrix and evaluating various commercial software platforms.
