The U.S. has 542,000 bridges that consume billions of dollars per year in construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funds and which are the lifelines of U.S. commerce. The 1992 ISTEA (fntermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act) mandates the implementation of a quantitative computerized bridge management system by I 996. A prime need of such a system are quantitative bridge inspection methods to feed accurate reliable condition information to the huge database of bridges. Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) will fill a critical need in the implementation of effective bridge management. However. many serious barriers exist to the widespread routine application of this technology to bridges. This paper provides an overview of the typical problems associated with applying NDE to bridges.

Last modified

• 08/14/2017

Creator

• David W. Prine

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N26V00

Publisher

• Northwestern University Libraries

Language

• English

Keyword

• Acoustic emission testing

Date created

• 1995-06-06

Related url

•  http://iti.northwestern.edu/publications/REG/Prine-1995-Problems_Associated_With_Nondestructive_Evaluation_of_Bridges.pdf

Resource type

• Report

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