Field Validation of a Drive-By Bridge Inspection System with Wireless BWIM + NDE Devices

The proposed system incorporates a next-generation high-fidelity portable wireless bridge weigh-in-motion and nondestructive evaluation system (BWIM + NDE) system, and compatible wireless sensing devices aboard a heavy drive-by inspection vehicle. As the inspection vehicle drives through a bridge, both wireless sensors aboard the vehicle and wireless BWIM+NDE devices on the bridge simultaneously trigger on. This wireless sensing system measures both truck excitation and the corresponding bridge vibration and ultrasonic characteristics, providing an unprecedented mix of heterogeneous data set for bridge safety management and maintenance planning.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nctspm.gatech.edu/field-validation-drive-by-bridge

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $390000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC12

  NCTSPM 2013-010

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Boulevard
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130-3050

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Alabama, Birmingham

  Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
  1075 13th Street South
  Birmingham, AL  United States  35294

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Yang

  Uddin, Nassim

  Jacobs, Larry

  Kim, Jin-Yeon

• Start Date: 20131101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20140515
• Source Data: RiP Project 36256

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Field tests; Inspection; Nondestructive tests; Sensors; Weigh in motion; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640913
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC12, NCTSPM 2013-010
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 13 2017 1:01AM