Next-Generation Wireless Bridge Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) System Integrated with Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Capability for Transportation Infrastructure Safety

The expansion in highway freight shipments has led to a substantial increase in truck traffic. The use of heavy vehicles (18 wheelers) has become the backbone of logistics and economic success, and national projections predict that freight shipments will double in the next ten years. Of particular concern are the increased number, size and weight of heavy commercial vehicles, some illegally overloaded. Overloaded vehicles can endanger the safety of transportation infrastructure and cause expensive premature structural damage. Bridge Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) is a method where an existing bridge is used as a weighing scale to identify the axles and gross weight of passing trucks. The system can provide information on overloading and potentially protect the bridge from sudden collapse. This project will develop rapidly deployable, portable wireless bridge WIM systems with enforcement and monitoring capability. Another unique system feature is the integration with state-of-the-art ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies that can assist in monitoring damage growth in critical structural members. The research will deliver a low-cost, easy-to-install-and-maintain, reliable monitoring system for long-term next-generation WIM and NDE deployment on bridges. By removing lengthy cables and bulky equipment, it is expected that an accurate, portable, and self-powered wireless WIM system incorporated with ultrasonic NDE will achieve much higher accuracy and reduce traditional cabled WIM system cost ($120k each) by at least 50%.

• Record URL:
  http://nctspm.gatech.edu/pi/next-generation-wireless-bridge-weigh-motion-wim-system-integrated-nondestructive-evaluation-nde

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $135487.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC12

  A0-UTC-007

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

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

  Wang, Yang

• Start Date: 20120501
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141231
• Source Data: RiP Project 33718

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Heavy vehicles; Monitoring; Nondestructive tests; Weighing devices; Wireless communication systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Overloading; Weigh-in-motion systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640918
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC12, A0-UTC-007
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 13 2017 1:01AM