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Application of GeoSHM System in Monitoring Extreme Wind Events at the Forth Road Bridge (2019)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Nguyen, D. T., Owen, J. S., Xie, Y., Psimoulis, P., & Ye, G. (2019). Application of GeoSHM System in Monitoring Extreme Wind Events at the Forth Road Bridge. Remote Sensing, 11(23), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232799

© 2019 by the authors. Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring systems on long-span bridges has become mandatory in many countries to ascertain the safety of these structures and the public, taking into account an increase in usage and threats... Read More about Application of GeoSHM System in Monitoring Extreme Wind Events at the Forth Road Bridge.

Galileo Augmenting GPS Single-Frequency Single-Epoch Precise Positioning with Baseline Constrain for Bridge Dynamic Monitoring (2019)
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Zhang, Q., Ma, C., Meng, X., Xie, Y., Psimoulis, P., Wu, L., …Dai, X. (2019). Galileo Augmenting GPS Single-Frequency Single-Epoch Precise Positioning with Baseline Constrain for Bridge Dynamic Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 11(4), Article 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11040438

© 2019 by the authors. The Single-frequency Single-epoch double-differenced baseline resolution technique of Global Positioning System (GPS) provides a good opportunity for monitoring the displacement or deflection behavior of bridges under different... Read More about Galileo Augmenting GPS Single-Frequency Single-Epoch Precise Positioning with Baseline Constrain for Bridge Dynamic Monitoring.

Convolutional neural network based multipath detection method for static and kinematic GPS high precision positioning (2018)
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Quan, Y., Lau, L., Roberts, G. W., Meng, X., & Zhang, C. (2018). Convolutional neural network based multipath detection method for static and kinematic GPS high precision positioning. Remote Sensing, 10(12), Article 2052. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10122052

© 2018 by the authors. Global Positioning System (GPS) has been used in many aerial and terrestrial high precision positioning applications. Multipath affects positioning and navigation performance. This paper proposes a convolutional neural network... Read More about Convolutional neural network based multipath detection method for static and kinematic GPS high precision positioning.

Reliable dynamic monitoring of bridges with integrated GPS and BeiDou (2018)
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Xi, R., Chen, H., Meng, X., Jiang, W., & Chen, Q. (2018). Reliable dynamic monitoring of bridges with integrated GPS and BeiDou. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 144(4), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29su.1943-5428.0000263

In recent years, global positioning system (GPS) has been widely used for the measurement of deflections of bridges. However, due to multipath and satellite signal obstructions caused by towers, cables, and passing vehicles, the reliability of deform... Read More about Reliable dynamic monitoring of bridges with integrated GPS and BeiDou.

GPS/GLONASS carrier phase elevation-dependent stochastic modelling estimation and its application in bridge monitoring (2018)
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Xi, R., Meng, X., Jiang, W., An, X., & Chen, Q. (2018). GPS/GLONASS carrier phase elevation-dependent stochastic modelling estimation and its application in bridge monitoring. Advances in Space Research, 62(9), 2566-2585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.07.035

The Global Positioning System (GPS) based monitoring technology has been recognised as an essential tool in the long-span bridge health monitoring throughout the world in recent years. However, the high observation noise is still a big problem that l... Read More about GPS/GLONASS carrier phase elevation-dependent stochastic modelling estimation and its application in bridge monitoring.

An analytical approach to evaluate point cloud registration error utilizing targets (2018)
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Yang, R., Meng, X., Yao, Y., Chen, B. Y., You, Y., & Xiang, Z. (2018). An analytical approach to evaluate point cloud registration error utilizing targets. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 143, 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.05.002

Point cloud registration is essential for processing terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) point cloud datasets. The registration precision directly influences and determines the practical usefulness of TLS surveys. However, in terms of target based regis... Read More about An analytical approach to evaluate point cloud registration error utilizing targets.

Design and implementation of a new system for large bridge monitoring—GeoSHM (2018)
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Meng, X., Nguyen, D. T., Xie, Y., Owen, J. S., Psimoulis, P., Ince, S., …Bhatia, P. (2018). Design and implementation of a new system for large bridge monitoring—GeoSHM. Sensors, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/s18030775

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a relatively new branch of civil engineering that focuses on assessing the health status of infrastructure, such as long-span bridges. Using a broad range of in-situ monitoring instruments, the purpose of the SHM... Read More about Design and implementation of a new system for large bridge monitoring—GeoSHM.

Vertical deformation monitoring of the suspension bridge tower using GNSS: a case study of the Forth Road Bridge in the UK (2018)
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Chen, Q., Jiang, W., Meng, X., Jiang, P., Wang, K., Xie, Y., & Ye, J. (2018). Vertical deformation monitoring of the suspension bridge tower using GNSS: a case study of the Forth Road Bridge in the UK. Remote Sensing, 10(3), Article 364. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10030364

The vertical deformation monitoring of a suspension bridge tower is of paramount importance to maintain the operational safety since nearly all forces are eventually transferred as the vertical stress on the tower. This paper analyses the components... Read More about Vertical deformation monitoring of the suspension bridge tower using GNSS: a case study of the Forth Road Bridge in the UK.

Combined GPS and BDS for single-frequency continuous RTK positioning through real-time estimation of differential inter-system biases (2017)
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Gao, W., Meng, X., Gao, C., Pan, S., & Wang, D. (2018). Combined GPS and BDS for single-frequency continuous RTK positioning through real-time estimation of differential inter-system biases. GPS Solutions, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-017-0687-5

Double-differenced (DD) ambiguities between overlapping frequencies from different GNSS constellations can be fixed to integers if the associated differential inter-system biases (DISBs) are well known. In this case, only one common pivot satellite i... Read More about Combined GPS and BDS for single-frequency continuous RTK positioning through real-time estimation of differential inter-system biases.

Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going? (2017)
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Meng, X., Roberts, S., Cui, Y., Gao, Y., Chen, Q., Xu, C., …Bhatia, P. (2018). Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 41(1), 104-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2018.1402747

(2018) Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?, Transportation Planning and Technology, 41:1, 104-118, ABSTRACT While automotive original equipment manufacturers and IT companies... Read More about Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?.

Inter-System Differencing between GPS and BDS for Medium-Baseline RTK Positioning (2017)
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Gao, W., Gao, C., Pan, S., Meng, X., & Xia, Y. (2017). Inter-System Differencing between GPS and BDS for Medium-Baseline RTK Positioning. Remote Sensing, 9(9), 948. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9090948

An inter-system differencing model between two Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) enables only one reference satellite for all observations. If the associated differential inter-system biases (DISBs) are priori known, double-differenced (DD)... Read More about Inter-System Differencing between GPS and BDS for Medium-Baseline RTK Positioning.

Using the signal-to-noise ratio of GPS records to detect motion of structures (2017)
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Peppa, I., Psimoulis, P., & Meng, X. (2018). Using the signal-to-noise ratio of GPS records to detect motion of structures. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 25(2), Article e2080. https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.2080

Although major breakthroughs have been achieved during the last decades in the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology on structural health monitoring, the mitigation of the biases and errors impeding its positioning accuracy remains a chal... Read More about Using the signal-to-noise ratio of GPS records to detect motion of structures.

Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model (2017)
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Liu, H., Xu, L., Meng, X., Chen, X., & Li, J. (2018). Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model. Journal of Navigation, 71(1), 134-150. doi:10.1017/s0373463317000522

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) attitude determination and positioning play an important role in many navigation applications. However, the two GNSS-based problems are usually treated separately. This ignores the constraint information of t... Read More about Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model.

Experimental assessment of high sampling-rate robotic total station for monitoring bridge dynamic responses (2017)
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Yu, J., Zhu, P., Xu, B., & Meng, X. (2017). Experimental assessment of high sampling-rate robotic total station for monitoring bridge dynamic responses. Measurement, 104, 60-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.03.014

High sampling-rate robotic total stations (RTS) are emerging tools for monitoring both semi-static and dynamic displacement responses of bridge structures, due to rapid advancements in data sampling rates and tracking speeds. However, the dynamic mea... Read More about Experimental assessment of high sampling-rate robotic total station for monitoring bridge dynamic responses.

New approach for monitoring historic and heritage buildings: using terrestrial laser scanning and generalised Procrustes analysis (2017)
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Jaafar, H. A., Meng, X., Sowter, A., & Bryan, P. (2017). New approach for monitoring historic and heritage buildings: using terrestrial laser scanning and generalised Procrustes analysis. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 24(11), e1987. doi:10.1002/stc.1987

Numerous different techniques and instruments can be used for structural monitoring with different requirements producing different results. For instance, some techniques need to use embedded sensors inside the building, such as geotechnical sensors.... Read More about New approach for monitoring historic and heritage buildings: using terrestrial laser scanning and generalised Procrustes analysis.

Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model (2017)
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Wang, D., Meng, X., Gao, C., Pan, S., & Chen, Q. (2017). Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model. Advances in Space Research, 60(12), 2882-2895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.01.007

Multipath is one of the primary error sources in high precision GNSS applications. Since it is highly correlated with observation environments , the multipath effect is difficult to be parameterized with an empirical model or eliminated by current di... Read More about Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model.

A tightly-coupled GPS/INS/UWB cooperative positioning sensors system supported by V2I communication (2016)
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Wang, J., Gao, Y., Li, Z., Meng, X., & Hancock, C. (2016). A tightly-coupled GPS/INS/UWB cooperative positioning sensors system supported by V2I communication. Sensors, 16, Article 944. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16070944

This paper investigates a tightly-coupled Global Position System (GPS)/Ultra-Wideband (UWB)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) cooperative positioning scheme using a Robust Kalman Filter (RKF) supported by V2I communication. The scheme proposes a metho... Read More about A tightly-coupled GPS/INS/UWB cooperative positioning sensors system supported by V2I communication.

Robust wavelet-based inertial sensor error mitigation for tightly coupled GPS/BDS/INS integration during signal outages (2016)
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Wang, J., Han, H., Meng, X., Yao, L., & Li, Z. (2017). Robust wavelet-based inertial sensor error mitigation for tightly coupled GPS/BDS/INS integration during signal outages. Survey Review, 49(357), 419-427. doi:10.1080/00396265.2016.1190162

This paper proposes a robust wavelet-based tightly coupled Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) integration scheme aiming to improve the overall position accuracy during signal out... Read More about Robust wavelet-based inertial sensor error mitigation for tightly coupled GPS/BDS/INS integration during signal outages.

Analysis of the dynamic response of a long span bridge using GPS/accelerometer/anemometer under typhoon loading (2016)
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Han, H., Wang, J., Meng, X., & Liu, H. (2016). Analysis of the dynamic response of a long span bridge using GPS/accelerometer/anemometer under typhoon loading. Engineering Structures, 122(2016), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.04.041

Large flexible engineering structures, such as long span bridges or tall buildings, are susceptible to quasistatic and dynamic deformations caused by different loadings, thus accurate displacement measurements are desirable to assess the integrity an... Read More about Analysis of the dynamic response of a long span bridge using GPS/accelerometer/anemometer under typhoon loading.

Vibration frequencies extraction of the Forth Road Bridge using high sampling GPS data (2016)
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Wang, J., Meng, X., Qin, C., & Yi, J. (2016). Vibration frequencies extraction of the Forth Road Bridge using high sampling GPS data. Shock and Vibration, 2016, Article 807861. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9807861

This paper proposes a scheme for vibration frequencies extraction of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland from high sampling GPS data. The interaction between the dynamic response and the ambient loadings is carefully analysed. A bilinear Chebyshev high... Read More about Vibration frequencies extraction of the Forth Road Bridge using high sampling GPS data.