Vibration monitoring system of ships using wireless sensor networks

For the managers to improve their knowledge regarding the vibration condition of the ship they manage, a dense array of wireless sensors installed on the ship could provide ample amounts of data for monitoring vibration condition. The wireless sensor networks offer a distributed computing paradigm that allows sensor to self interrogate acceleration data. In particular, the proposed wireless sensor is constructed using a compact two layer printed circuit board. Furthermore, the wireless sensor utilizes an implementation of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless networks allowing it to participate in scalable, star network that is adaptable to network changes without requiring reprogramming. Farthermore, a data collection and analysis software with a database is built to realized more data-processing.