The invention provides a remote
monitoring system and method for fatigue cracks of an orthotropic steel
bridge deck slab. The remote
monitoring system for the fatigue cracks of the orthotropic steel
bridge deck slab comprises an in-situ detection device, a
wireless gateway and a
remote control device, wherein the in-situ detection device is composed of a
fracture line assembly, a path
detector and a
wireless terminal, the
wireless gateway is composed of a Zigbee gateway module and a GPRS gateway module, the
remote control device is composed of a remote
server and a
remote computer, the
fracture line assembly is composed of optical fibers or resistance fracture lines which are arranged in a bidirectional and orthorhombic mode, the path
detector is connected with the facture line
assembly and used for detecting the connection and disconnection of each
fracture line in the fracture line assembly according to a command of the wireless terminal, a Zigbee short-distance
wireless transmission network is formed between the Zigbee gateway module and the wireless terminal, and the GPRS gateway module is in
remote communication with the remote
server through an GPRS. By the adoption of the remote
monitoring system and method for the fatigue cracks of the orthotropic steel
bridge deck slab, long-term remote monitoring of the fatigue cracks of the orthotropic steel bridge
deck slab is achieved, and the
system and method can be applied to practical
engineering.