Optimal wireless sensors' location for monitoring of structures in randomly disturbed environment
Igor Dunajewski, Zbigniew Kotulski · PAMM · 2009
Abstract In the paper we present the specific conditions that appear in structures' monitoring by means of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). First, we introduce the problem of optimal sensors' location for structures monitoring and its specific constraints if one uses WSN. We formulate the conditions that must be taken into account during optimization. Then, we give an example of temperature measurements and formulate the procedure that leads to finding optimal wireless sensors locations. Finally, we present the experimental observations of wireless sensors in the network that strongly affect on the temperature estimation on a basis of the collected measurements. We conclude with remarks concerning WSN practical design for permanent structures' monitoring to obtain exact and reliable results. (© 2009 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)