Nondestructive evaluation of four sister bridges in Virginia using manual NDE technologies and robotic platform RABIT : final report.

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• Creators:
  Kim, Jinyoung ; Duong, Trung ; Dinh, Kien ; Gucunski, Nenad
• Corporate Creators:
  Rutgers University. Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge design
  • Bridges
  • Bridge decks
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion tests
  • Delamination
  • Ground penetrating radar
  • Electrical resistivity
  • Nondestructive tests
  • Ultrasonic tests
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CAIT-UTC-059
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Virginia
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Rutgers University. Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Abstract:
  Understanding the factors that influence the performance of a bridge is a very important topic and due to the ; complexity of bridges, this is rather a hard task because there are multiple factors, which can influence the ; performance of a bridge. These factors can include design practices, construction quality, environmental factors, ; and truckload. ; Sister bridges are parallel bridges that generally have identical design and construction quality. The main difference ; between these structures is often the load factor; therefore, there is a great opportunity for studying these ; structures. Within this research project, condition assessment of two sets of sister bridges in Virginia will be ; conducted using manual NDE technologies as well as the robotic platform RABITTM. The following NDE ; methods will be used in both the automated and manual testing: Impact Echo, Ultrasonic Surface Waves, ; Ground Penetrating Radar and Electrical Resistivity method. The data collected from all the technologies will ; be analyzed and the results presented in terms of condition maps and calculated condition indices.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC16
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31792/dot_31792_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25dea1c816ba65ce9049daa478ab9f08480b4761f4ab7aa8f42b90bead7659a3