Optimized Adhesive Performance in Electronic Transportation Sign Construction

The ultimate objective of this project is to provide comprehensive knowledge of structural behavior of Dynamic Message Signs (DMSs) with adhesive bonding. To that end, the authors will conduct the following: 1) the effects of adhesive and environmental characteristics on joint performance of adhesive-based specimens will be studied; 2) the structural performance of DMSs with chemical adhesive joints will be examined; and 3) the optimized adhesive performance in terms of fatigue life and strength will be determined. It is hoped that outcomes from this project will aid transportation engineers and agencies in taking advantage of adhesive joints in future DMSs and the associated reasonable cost of production and high water permeability resistance at the joints.

• Record URL:
  https://www.mountain-plains.org/research/details.php?id=460
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $176872
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747108

• 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:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Project Managers:

  Kline, Robin

• Performing Organizations:

  South Dakota State University, Brookings

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  P.O. Box 2219
  Brookings, SD  United States  57007
• Principal Investigators:

  Seo, Junwon

• Start Date: 20180103
• Expected Completion Date: 20220731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
• Source Data: MPC-563

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Adhesives; Fatigue strength; Joints (Engineering); Optimization; Structural analysis; Variable message signs
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01656350
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747108
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2018 3:35PM