Field Testing and Summary Report for Road 5 (Morris Road) Over Road 3 (Toftoy Throughway) at Redstone Arsenal, AL: Contractor's Supplemental Report for Project F09-AR16

Abstract

Cyclic loading and weathering of reinforced concrete bridge decks causes corrosion of reinforcement steel, which leads to cracking,potholes, and other problems. Under the Department of Defense Corrosion Prevention and Control Program (Project F09-AR16), adeteriorated concrete bridge at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, was selected to demonstrate and validate a glass-fiber reinforced polymer(GFRP) composite deck system, which does not use any reinforcement steel. The results of that project were published asERDC/CERL TR-16-6 (August 2016). Upon completion of the new GFRP composite deck system, Bridge Diagnostics, Inc. (BDI) wascontracted to perform load testing to confirm that the bridge meets the structures original 36-ton (HS-20) load rating and performancecriteria for deflection and strain. This report documents the load test methods used by BDI and the results. The test results indicate thatthe demonstrated GFRP composite deck system met the strength design specifications and passed the deflection criteria.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1020997

Entities

People

  • Brett Commander
  • Scott Aschermann

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Glass Fibers
  • Load Distribution
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Standards
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials