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A real-time system of numeral image manipulation technology is employed to inspect the dynamic displacement of an engineering structure. First, the CCD vidicon aims at the fixed point. The image of the fixed point on the structure is gathered by a picture gathering card. By processing pictures with a self-programmed software, the real-time space coordinate of the calibration device can be obtained. Finally, the data is dealt with to get the movement curve, and the dynamic displacement is carried out. The system is applied to the test of a high voltage icing conductor. The result indicates that the dynamic data of the ice shedding conductor includes jumping amplitude, displacement-time curve and attenuation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on digital image processing technique, a real-time system is developed to monitor and detect the dynamic displacement of engineering structures. By processing pictures with a self-programmed software, the real-time coordinate of an object in a certain coordinate system can be obtained, and further dynamic displacement data and curve of the object can also be achieved. That is, automatic gathering and real-time processing of data can be carried out by this system simultaneously. For this system, first, an untouched monitoring technique is adopted, which can monitor or detect objects several to hundreds of meters apart; second, it has flexible installation condition and good monitoring precision of sub-millimeter degree; third, it is fit for dynamic, quasi-dynamic and static monitoring of large engineering structures. Through several tests and applications in large bridges, good reliability and dominance of the system is proved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]