A Novel Structural Health Management Approach for Steel Bridges

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Demonstrate and validate state-of-the-art and remote structural health and corrosion degradation monitoring of steel bridges * Employ system on two subject bridges to greatly reduce risk of catastrophic failure by providing advance warning of growing structural problems caused by corrosion/materials degradation * Subject Bridge 1 -1-20 Bridge, Vicksburg, MS - Steel truss through deck - About 23,000 vehicles per day - Westward movement of bridge piers E-1 and E02 on east side. Subject Bridge 2 - Government Bridge, Rock Island, IL - Steel truss through deck - Built in 1893 - About 10,300 vehicles per day - About five trains per day.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508962

Entities

People

  • Keith Chandler
  • Lawrence Gintert
  • Mark Singleton
  • Michael Miller
  • Richard Lampo
  • Robert A Mason
  • Steven Sweeney
  • Vincent Hock

Organizations

  • Concurrent Technologies Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Emissions
  • Acquisition
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Bragg Gratings
  • Climate Change
  • Corrosion
  • Data Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fiber Bragg Gratings
  • Fibers
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design