Field deployment and verification of an AI-based crowdsensing bridge condition assessment platform
Bridge condition assessment and remaining useful life estimation is critical for maintaining functionality and enhancing the resilience of existing highway infrastructure in the United States. Currently, there are approximately 617,000 bridges in the U.S. that require periodical condition assessment and maintenance (artba [2021]). The current practice employed for remaining useful life estimation involves measuring the number of load cycles that a structure of interest is subjected to through approaches such as rainflow counting of strain. This typically entails deploying a fixed network of strain gauges on a bridge. However, scalability is an issue for this paradigm, especially owing to high costs and efforts associated with deployment and maintenance of wiring, sensors and battery that powers the monitoring system. To overcome the existing challenges and extend this type of analysis to virtually all bridges with little operational cost, this project proposes a large-scale field implementation of a mobile sensing-based paradigm that harnesses artificial intelligence for condition assessment of an inventory of bridges. This will facilitate the use of crowdsourced data for real-time bridge health assessment at unprecedented rates, resolution and scales
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Supplemental Notes:
- Lehigh Fed Share$97,327.80 Lehigh Match $97537.55
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $194865
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551847103
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA United States 16802 -
Project Managers:
Donnell, Eric
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Performing Organizations:
Lehigh University
ATLSS Engineering Research Center
IMBT Laboratory
Bethlehem, PA United States 18015-4729 -
Principal Investigators:
Pakzad, Shamim
Takac, Martin
- Start Date: 20220106
- Expected Completion Date: 20240331
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Assessments; Crowdsourcing; Highway bridges; Service life; Strain gages
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01835222
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551847103
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Feb 2 2022 10:55AM