Implementation of an Organic Database Structure for Population-Based Structural Health Monitoring

Population-based Structural Health Monitoring (PBSHM) considers grouping multiple structures into a single population, thus allowing additional insight to be gained from SHM feature data as a whole, compared to insights gained for any individual structure. Current data storage methodologies for SHM often operate from a single structure point of view. Different types of data can often be stored in different systems, files, structures and languages. This approach means that bespoke methodologies must be developed for any new SHM application, making analysing and processing of SHM data costly. The advantage of the proposed unified approach is the facilitation of information sharing across populations of structures, a key principle in PBSHM. A generic pool of methodologies can then be developed, allowing any set of PBSHM data to be quickly and efficiently analysed and processed, bringing down the total cost of running a system.