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Damage Detection Using Destructive Testing Of A Reinforced Concrete Slab, Michael Edward Daves
Damage Detection Using Destructive Testing Of A Reinforced Concrete Slab, Michael Edward Daves
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Visual inspection is one of the primary tools for evaluating the health of bridges as more reach or exceed their intended lifespan. Bridge deterioration must be monitored to ensure continued safety, so owners need maintenance reports to decide on corrective actions. Strategic repair can offer asset managers the benefit of saving money and time; thus, knowing where to locate and what type of repairs can be challenging when relying on visual techniques alone. A tool designed to aid bridge inspectors is the SHE^tm program, which quantitatively measures damage location and severity for any set of time data.
Development And Validation Of The Structural Health Evaluation (SheTm) Program, Steven Worley
Development And Validation Of The Structural Health Evaluation (SheTm) Program, Steven Worley
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Investigation Of Damage Detection Methodologies For Structural Health Monitoring, Mustafa Gul
Investigation Of Damage Detection Methodologies For Structural Health Monitoring, Mustafa Gul
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Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is employed to track and evaluate damage and deterioration during regular operation as well as after extreme events for aerospace, mechanical and civil structures. A complete SHM system incorporates performance metrics, sensing, signal processing, data analysis, transmission and management for decision-making purposes. Damage detection in the context of SHM can be successful by employing a collection of robust and practical damage detection methodologies that can be used to identify, locate and quantify damage or, in general terms, changes in observable behavior. In this study, different damage detection methods are investigated for global condition assessment of structures. …
Benchmark Studies For Structural Health Monitoring Using Analytical And Experimental Models, Jason Lee Burkett
Benchmark Studies For Structural Health Monitoring Using Analytical And Experimental Models, Jason Lee Burkett
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The latest bridge inventory report for the United States indicates that 25% of the highway bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. With such a large number of bridges in this condition, safety and serviceability concerns become increasingly relevant along with the associated increase in user costs and delays. Biennial inspections have proven subjective and need to be coupled with standardized non-destructive testing methods to accurately assess a bridge's condition for decision making purposes. Structural health monitoring is typically used to track and evaluate performance, symptoms of operational incidents, anomalies due to deterioration and damage during regular operation as well …