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Structural health monitoring and condition assessment of Chulitna River Bridge : sensor selection and field installation report.
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2012-12-01
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Abstract:The Chulitna River Bridge, built in 1970, is located at Historic Mile Post 132.7 on the Alaska Parks Highway between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. The Parks
Highway is the most direct route connecting Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Prudhoe Bay. Heavy overload vehicles with loads up to 410,000 pounds regularly travel this
route. The original bridge was 790 feet long, with five spans and is a continuous bridge with two exterior steel plate girders and three sub-stringers. It had a cast-in-place
concrete deck 34 feet wide. In 1993, the bridge deck was increased to 42 feet 2 inches by replacing the original cast-in-place deck with precast concrete deck panels. To
accommodate the increased loads, the two original exterior plate girders were strengthened, three new longitudinal steel trusses were installed utilizing the original
stringers as top chords, and steel bracing was added to the piers.In August, 2012, the research team will design and install a real time fiber optic structural monitoring
system on the bridge to determine if the girders are over-stressed for standard highway loads and permit vehicles. The final working thresholds will be established for
automated notification if changes occur in structural response or established thresholds are exceeded. After September 2012, the research team will continue monitoring
and analyzing the experimental data until December 31, 2013. The test results will be used to identify changes in load distribution for the girders and trusses. It will also
be used to identify if structural changes occur. Further, the information will be used to provide alerts when sensing systems approach or exceed established limits. It will
also be used to develop a protocol to apply an SHM program to bridge monitoring on other bridges in Alaska.
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