Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations between HMA Layers

Nondestructive Testing to Identify Delaminations between HMA Layers
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 774
Release: 2022
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309273404

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes development of nondestructive testing techniques that are capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements. This NDT technique is applicable to construction, project design, and network-level assessments. This e-book contains 5 different volumes, the last 4 involving more technical descriptions of the project.

Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation

Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Author: Donald O. Thompson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 2362
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461547911

This authoritative and up-to-date series provides a comprehensive review of the latest research results in quantitative nondestructive evaluation (NDE). Leading investigators working in government agencies, major industries, and universities present a broad spectrum of work extending from basic research to early engineering applications.

Structural Materials Technology

Structural Materials Technology
Author: Sreenivas Alampalli
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2000-02-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781566769495

The fourth Structural Materials Technology NDT Conference was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with over sixty speakers presenting on a wide variety of topics. The goal of this conference was to inform engineers and researchers of the new nondestructive testing/nondestructive evaluation (NDT/NDE) technologies and techniques available for use in transportation construction. The use of alternative materials is challenging NDT/NDE professionals to develop new methods or modify existing techniques to address quality control, quality assurance, and long-term monitoring of structures built or strengthened with these materials. One such alternative is fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) products. This conference included papers on this topic and a panel discussion that focused on the future of NDT/NDE technologies for structures built or rehabilitated with FRP composites. These proceedings contain the 62 papers that were presented at the conference, arranged according to session number. An author index is included.

Ground Penetrating Radar for Evaluating Subsurface Conditions for Transportation Facilities

Ground Penetrating Radar for Evaluating Subsurface Conditions for Transportation Facilities
Author: Rexford M. Morey
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780309061100

This synthesis will be of interest to state Department of Transportation (DOT) geotechnical, bridge, and pavement engineers, engineering geologists, consultants involved with ground penetrating radar (GPR) investigations for state DOTs, and researchers. It describes the current state of the practice of using GPR for evaluating subsurface conditions for transportation facilities. This was accomplished by conducting a literature search and review and an extensive survey of U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies and practitioners, as well as limited international information collection. GPR is a noninvasive nondestructive tool used in transportation applications such as evaluation and characterization of pavement systems, soils, and environmental problems. This report of the Transportation Research Board presents information on the principles, equipment, logistics, applications, and limitations of GPR pertaining to transportation applications. Selected case studies for which ground truth information is available are presented. In addition, an extensive bibliography and glossary are provided as well as appending information about GPR manufacturers from their literature.

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability
Author: Fabio Biondini
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 4119
Release: 2012-06-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203103386

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability contains the lectures and papers presented at The Sixth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2012), held in Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 8-12 July, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (800 pp) Extensive collection of revised expert papers on recent advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance, representing a major contribution to the knowledge base of all areas of the field.

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization
Author: Dan Frangopol
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 738
Release: 2010-07-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000006816

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life-Cycle Optimization contains the lectures and papers presented at IABMAS 2010, the Fifth International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA from July 11 through 15, 2010.All major aspects of bridge maintenance, s

Risk-Based Strategies for Bridge Maintenance

Risk-Based Strategies for Bridge Maintenance
Author: Khaled M Mahmoud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2023-08-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1003828892

Effective maintenance of bridge structures comprises a broad spectrum of plans for repairs and services implemented to enable bridges to perform their intended function. These include in-depth inspection, fatigue analysis, design of mitigation measures and construction to avert component deterioration. Several incidents of in-service and under construction bridge failures have recently taken place. These dramatic failures emphasize the importance of risk-based inspections and analysis of real-life data to evaluate reliability of bridges. To effectuate benefits of reliability analysis in bridge maintenance, work on theoretical reliability must be equipped with practical analytical tools. Such an approach must underscore risk elements and identify processes to manage risk and avoid unexpected outcomes of failures and service disruption of bridges. The devastating earthquakes of February 6, 2023, in the southern region of Turkey near the northern border of Syria, which claimed tens of thousands of lives, caused enormous structural damage and staggering economic losses. These seismic events brought to focus on the vitality of instilling infrastructure routes that must accommodate emergency management plans to integrate the influx of medical and rescue response teams. The safe operation of bridges along these routes is indispensable for mobilization and deployment of rescue teams, medical personnel, humanitarian assistance, and the supply of food and water. The reliability of access routes and bridges is defined by their ability to adequately function as planned to effectuate emergency management plans, in the event of a similar seismic event, anywhere in the world. Risk-Based Strategies for Bridge Maintenance contains selected papers presented at the 11th New York City Bridge Conference (New York City, USA, 21-22 August 2023), and discusses issues of reliability, risk assessment, management, maintenance, inspection, monitoring, design, preservation, and rehabilitation of bridges. The book is aimed at bridge engineers.

Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration

Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2013
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309129338

" TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06A-RR-1: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration identifies nondestructive testing technologies for detecting and characterizing common forms of deterioration in concrete bridge decks.The report also documents the validation of promising technologies, and grades and ranks the technologies based on results of the validations.The main product of this project will be an electronic repository for practitioners, known as the NDToolbox, which will provide information regarding recommended technologies for the detection of a particular deterioration. " -- publisher's description.

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures
Author: Khaled Mahmoud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2009-09-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203861582

Recent surveys of the U.S. infrastructure‘s condition have rated a staggering number of bridges structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While not necessarily unsafe, a structurally deficient bridge must be posted for weight and have limits for speed, due to its deteriorated structural components. Bridges with old design features that canno