Guidelines for Risk-Based Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Suspension Bridge Main Cable Systems

Since its publication in 2004, NCHRP Report 534: Guidelines for Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Suspension Bridge Parallel Wire Cables, has become a nationally recognized guideline. Because of the complexity of the technical information presented in the NCHRP Report 534 and the unique nature of suspension bridges, the FHWA published a Primer for the Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Suspension Bridge Cables in May 2012 to supplement NCHRP Report 534. The Primer expanded the information in NCHRP Report 534 and offered additional resources for agencies planning and performing inspections, metallurgical testing, and strength evaluations of suspension bridge main cables. Significant progress has been made by researchers and bridge owners over the last decade to advance risk-based inspection methods, nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, structural health monitoring (SHM), and strength evaluation methods. There is an immediate need to incorporate these advances into the current practices for inspection and evaluation of suspension main cable systems. The objectives of this research were to (1) develop guidelines for risk-based inspection and strength evaluation of suspension bridge main cable systems using probabilistic approaches and (2) plan and conduct a workshop for suspension cable bridge owners to demonstrate the use of proposed guidelines. The guidelines are presented in a format suitable for adoption by AASHTO.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4414

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $365899
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 12-115

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Abu-Hawash, Ahmad

• Performing Organizations:

  Modjeski & Masters, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 2345
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17105-
• Principal Investigators:

  Martin, Barney

• Start Date: 20180814
• Expected Completion Date: 20221031
• Actual Completion Date: 20221031
• Source Data: RiP Project 41744

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Bridge cables; Cable stayed bridges; Calibration; Guidelines; Inspection; Load and resistance factor design; Nondestructive tests; Structural health monitoring; Suspension bridges; Suspension cables
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640233
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 12-115
• Files: TRB, RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 4 2017 10:32AM