Bridge sensors send stress data to Drexel researchers
The Philadelphia Inquirer
When heavy trucks rumble across the Burlington-Bristol Bridge, new sensors detect the stresses they put on the 2,300-foot span and instantly transmit the information to computers in Philadelphia. Drexel University researchers in the city then use the stream of data to develop computer models that display the bridge's condition and its potential problems.
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