Bridge Deck Load Testing Using Sensors and Optical Survey Equipment

Bridges are under various loads and environmental impacts that cause them to lose their structural integrity. A significant number of bridges in US are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, requiring immediate attention. Nondestructive load testing is an effective approach to measure the structural response of a bridge under various loading conditions and to determine its structural integrity. This paper presents a load-test study that evaluated the response of a prefabricated bridge with full-depth precast deck panels in Michigan. This load-test program integrates optical surveying systems, a sensor network embedded in bridge decks, and surface deflection analysis. Its major contribution lies in the exploration of an embedded sensor network that was installed initially for long-term bridge monitoring in bridge load testing. Among a number of lessons learned, it is concluded that embedded sensor network has a great potential of providing an efficient and accurate approach for obtaining real-time equivalent static stresses under varying loading scenarios.

• Record URL:
  http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ace/2012/493983/
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/16878086
• Authors:
  • Cai, Hubo
  • Abudayyeh, Osama
  • Abdel-Qader, Ikhlas
  • Attanayake, Upul
  • Barbera, Joseph
  • Almaita, Eyad
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p
• Serial:
  • Advances in Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 2012
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • ISSN: 1687-8086
  • EISSN: 1687-8094
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7074
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge management systems; Finite element method; Highway bridges; Live loads; Stresses; Structural health monitoring; Testing
• Geographic Terms: Kalamazoo (Michigan)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01366294
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 2012 7:14AM