Implementation of Rapid Assessment Tools for Structural Parts after Extreme Events

Bridges represent crucial elements of our civil infrastructure network and owners need quantitative assessment tools to know whether they can rely on the bridges that survived an extreme event in order to plan their recovery missions. This research project presents the continuation and implementation phase of a University of Delaware University Transportation Center (UDUTC) project funded last year that is developing a methodology for a rapid assessment tool for structural steel parts after severe events. The objective of this project is to evaluate the developed methods on more realistic structural steel connection details in the laboratory as well as in the field.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $38372.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06 G 0026

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Delaware Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 778
  Dover, DE  United States  19901
• Project Managers:

  Tucker-Thomas, Dawn

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Delaware, Newark

  College of Engineering
  Newark, DE  United States  19711
• Principal Investigators:

  Schumacher, Thomas

• Start Date: 20120901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130830
• Source Data: RiP Project 34373

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Emergency management; Evaluation and assessment; Infrastructure; Structural connection; Structural steel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Extreme events
• Geographic Terms: Delaware
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01483212
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Delaware Center for Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06 G 0026
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 6 2013 1:01AM