Implementation of a pilot continuous monitoring system : Iowa Falls Arch Bridge : [tech transfer summary].

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• Creators:
  Phares, Brent M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State University. Bridge Engineering Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Sensors
  • Automatic data collection systems
  • Pilot studies
  • Data communications
  • Implementation
  • Arch bridges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  InTrans Project 10-371
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
• Abstract:
  As part of designing, constructing, and maintaining the bridge infrastructure in ; Iowa, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) has, in recent years, focused ; efforts on investigating the use of new high-performance materials, new design ; concepts and construction methods, and various new maintenance methods. ; These progressive efforts are intended to increase the lifespan of bridges in ; meeting the Iowa DOT objective of building and maintaining cost-effective and ; safe bridges. ; Bridge testing and monitoring has been beneficial in helping with these ; innovative efforts, and in providing important information to evaluate the ; structural performance and safety of existing bridges. The Iowa DOT testing and ; monitoring program, in coordination with the Bridge Engineering Center (BEC) ; at Iowa State University, collects performance data to compare with design-based ; structural parameters to determine if the structural response is appropriate. The ; data may also be used to “calibrate” an analytical model that may be used to ; provide a more detailed structural assessment (e.g., a load rating to determine ; safe bridge capacity).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29067/dot_29067_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 401.33 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f339cbd956de5d16d3f3a359f571d341b4f4d91979d64f64c1c7b80f3f49ae51b373029fb144c3adcfdc7a1609b1fa043a7f8040d567966c07cf1613a6a9df29