Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration

Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration
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Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2013
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309129338

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" TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06A-RR-1: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration identifies nondestructive testing technologies for detecting and characterizing common forms of deterioration in concrete bridge decks.The report also documents the validation of promising technologies, and grades and ranks the technologies based on results of the validations.The main product of this project will be an electronic repository for practitioners, known as the NDToolbox, which will provide information regarding recommended technologies for the detection of a particular deterioration. " -- publisher's description.

Nondestructive Evaluation of Steel Bridges

Nondestructive Evaluation of Steel Bridges
Author: Theodore Hopwood (II)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2016
Genre: Iron and steel bridges
ISBN:

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Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods can be used to assess in-service steel bridges for problematic conditions caused by factors such as design, manufacturing, fabrication, and the service effects of traffic and corrosion. This report discusses typical NDE test methods used on bridges, including penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, eddy current testing, ultrasonic testing (including phased array testing), radiography, and acoustic emission testing. NDE operations such as flaw location, characterization, and sizing are covered as well. Results of a national survey of departments of transportation’s (DOTs) use of NDE are presented. A simple procedure for using NDE to address DOT bridge concerns is proposed along with a risk-based inspection approach to scheduling/scoping bridge inspections.

Modeling Issues Associated with Sensor Technologies for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Timber Bridges

Modeling Issues Associated with Sensor Technologies for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Timber Bridges
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2007
Genre: Wooden bridges
ISBN:

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This report documents progress made regarding the development and validation of a class of models examining the reliability of nondestructive vibrational inspection tests of single spanned bridges. Two important problems were identified for special consideration. The first concerned the development of a mathematical formulation of the nonlinear boundary conditions needed to accurately model the end support structures of single-span (stringerbased) timber spans. A computational algorithm for the numerical approximations of such systems was derived, implemented and tested with the commonly available Mathematica software package. The second focal problem involved the modeling and analysis of a newly-proposed vibrational testing method. The method seeks to predict bridge strength from vibrational data, and (most importantly) without the need to estimate overall bridge mass. Models developed in this project have provided the first steps towards developing a mathematical understanding of these issues, as well as the creation of a new bridge testing protocol involving the measurement of bridge vibrational responses to forced vibrations both with and without controlled loading. This work has contributed to the development and application of new motion detection sensor technologies addressing the problem of monitoring and estimating bridge integrity.

Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Bridges and Highways

Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Bridges and Highways
Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1995
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

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Nondestructive Evaluation of Bridges and Highways III

Nondestructive Evaluation of Bridges and Highways III
Author: Steve B. Chase
Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

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