Bridges Structural Health Monitoring and Deterioration Detection - Synthesis of Knowledge and Technology

Final report.PDFTech ReportAUTC #309036BridgesStructural health monitoringDeteriorationInspectionAlaskaAlaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public FacilitiesDong, YongtaoSong, RuiqiangLiu, HelenUniversity of Alaska FairbanksAlaska University Transportation CenterNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Bridges and StructuresUS Transportation CollectionBridges are continuously subjected to destructive effects of material aging, widespread corrosion of steelreinforcing bars in concrete structures, corrosion of steel structures and components, increasing trafficvolume and overloading, or simply overall deterioration and aging. These factors, combined with defectsof design and construction and accidental damage, prompt the deterioration of bridges and result in theloss of load carrying capacity of bridges