NDT, Small Satellite Constellations, Sensor Networks Monitor And Predict Conditions of Dams, Bridges, and Large Wide Rivers in India

The tales of two framework technologies are unwound in this paper. The non-destructive evaluation NDE is usually confined to evaluating damage and failure proneness in constituent parts of manufacturing industries. Satellite technologies, which are also non-destructive types, help in the performance evaluation of the land put to use in large geographical areas that are likely to fail (status) or to make an assessment to improve the functional life of the projects. The synergy is hitherto unnoticed in large parts of the world. The synergistic use of these two non-destructive type assessment technologies for enhancing the performance, sustainability, and safety of hydraulic civil infrastructure is discussed here. These hydraulic assets bring food security, electric power, and drinking water to people and industry and are built in large land/ water areas of any of the countries. The paper highlights the methods of research to be employed using the available scattered research studies in making the embedded benefits of NDE 4.0 and Industry 5.0. This embedment brings resonating benefits in increasing the life of large networks of hydraulic/transportation infrastructure like dams, bridges, navigable waterways, and rivers. The research studies of NDT use digital twins and digital threads. This geospatial technology (with optical and radar data) brings a better assessment of safety, enhances the lives of the assets, and increases the performance of networked societies. The hydraulic assets, like dams, rivers, and navigable waterways, and energy networks also make headway in research by using digital twins and digital threads, this time with NDE integrated.