Real-Time Bridge Monitoring : Developing Wireless Nanosensors to Monitor Structural Integrity

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Exploratory Advanced Research Program ; Georgia Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fatigue cracking
  • Nanotechnology
  • Research
  • Sensors
  • Steel bridges
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Technological innovations
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-13-057
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  With steel bridges representing approximately 34 percent of the nearly 600,000 highway bridges in the United States, continual monitoring and early detection of deterioration in these structures is vital to prevent expensive repairs or catastrophic failures. Developing a solution for autonomous crack monitoring is the goal of "Low-Cost Self-Powered Wireless Nanosensors for Real-Time Structural Integrity Monitoring of Steel Bridges," an Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program project launched by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2009 and conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34803/dot_34803_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 445.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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