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Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1964
Genre: Concrete bridges
ISBN:

Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing and Load Capacity Evaluation

Concrete Bridges: Inspection, Repair, Strengthening, Testing and Load Capacity Evaluation
Author: V. K. Raina
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

A guide to inspecting, maintaining, and rehabilitating various types of concrete and composite bridges. It also discusses emergency measures you can take to keep bridges operating safely until they can be rehabilitated. It provides civil and structural engineers with methods for conducting safety inspections, condition surveys, and more.

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures
Author: Khaled Mahmoud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2009-09-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439859558

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

A Methodology for Conducting Condition Surveys on Structures Constructed with Epoxy Coated Reinforcement (ECR):

A Methodology for Conducting Condition Surveys on Structures Constructed with Epoxy Coated Reinforcement (ECR):
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN: 9780779455126

Epoxy-coated reinforcement (ECR) has been used in bridge decks in Ontario since 1979, and in substructure components since 1981. Since the epoxy resin is not electrically conductive, one of the practical disadvantages of using ECR is the lack of effective non-destructive corrosion evaluation techniques. This is the final report of research initiated in 2001 to develop a protocol for conducting condition surveys on structures constructed with ECR. The report begins with a review of the history of ECR use in Ontario, the performance of ECR as reported in the literature, condition survey procedures used by the Ministry of Transportation, and non-destructive test methods that could be applicable to ECR reinforced concrete elements. Part 5 presents the ECR bridge component condition survey protocol that was developed in the research, including details of field & laboratory tests. Part 6 contains a procedure for predicting the service life of bridge components constructed with ECR. Part 7 provides estimates for the cost of carrying out the proposed condition surveys, and compares them with the cost of condition surveys on bridge elements containing black steel using current procedures. Appendices include a user guide to the condition survey protocol.