A low cost multi-sensor strategy for early warning in structural monitoring exploiting a wavelet multiresolution paradigm

This paper deals with a novel approach to validate alerts provided by an early warning system (EWS) for structural monitoring implemented through low cost multi-sensor nodes. In particular, a dedicated wavelet multiresolution methodology is presented to implement a reliable assessment of the structural behavior. Such strategy allows to discriminate the structural response to seismic sources from other exogenous inertial components. Results obtained demonstrate the suitability of the proposed solution in the framework of the development of low cost multi-sensor strategies for the early warning of anomalous structural behaviors.