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Advances in Civil Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 876174, 17 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/876174
Research Article

Structural Health Monitoring Using Wireless Technologies: An Ambient Vibration Test on the Adolphe Bridge, Luxembourg City

Adrien Oth1 and Matteo Picozzi2

1European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology (ECGS), 19 Rue Josy Welter, 7256 Walferdange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany

Received 5 September 2011; Accepted 6 December 2011

Academic Editor: Lingyu (Lucy) Yu

Copyright © 2012 Adrien Oth and Matteo Picozzi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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