AN OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS BASED SUBSEA TUNNEL MONITORING SYSTEM

Gopinath Marefeen, Gowrishankar Kasilingam, Mritha Ramalingam

Abstract: In this paper an overview of subsea tunnel monitoring systems which exist in the related field of research are discussed. A reliable monitoring system with a remote access to monitoring parameter data for subsea tunnels using wireless technology is very crucial as it offers huge advantages as compared to the other existing monitoring systems. The subsea tunnels are often subjected to considerable sources of threats due to the complex geological conditions, unpredictable events of natural disaster and complex structural integrity risk involved. In order to ensure the safety of the subsea tunnel structures, it is a vital necessity to continuously monitor the structural health parameters of the tunnel 24/7 a year, as compared to usual visual inspection conducted by dedicated team of civil and structural engineers in a periodic term. This paper also presents proposed wireless monitoring system and a brief experimental setup of the whole system. Here the proposed system combines the characteristics of subsea tunnel monitoring system and several other research works relating to the field of study to put forward a general survey on subsea tunnel monitoring system through wireless application. This paper is a comprehensive overview of the literature and does not contain implementation results.

Keywords: Subsea tunnel, Monitoring system, Wireless.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0311017