Determination of Steels in Kentucky Bridges
Many bridges in Kentucky have steel superstructures of unknown composition and strength. Included among these are older bridges nearing the end of their design life and new bridges (especially smaller weathering steel) with unknown composition. There is a need to identify those steels and irons and evaluate their composition/alloy designation and determine their tensile and yield strengths. Several technologies can be used to perform noninvasive field tests on the steels and identify their makeup and strength. The objectives of this research are to: 1) Develop procedures to identify unknown structural steels and determine their mechanical (tensile) properties, and 2) Validate those procedures and document them for future use in evaluating unknown bridge steels.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $206000
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Contract Numbers:
SPR 17‐533
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Sponsor Organizations:
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY United States 40622 -
Managing Organizations:
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY United States 40622 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Kentucky Transportation Center
College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
Lexington, KY United States 40506-0281 -
Principal Investigators:
Hopwood, Theodore
- Start Date: 20160701
- Expected Completion Date: 20190630
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway bridges; Materials; Nondestructive tests; Steel; Steel bridges; Tensile strength; Test procedures; Validation
- Geographic Terms: Kentucky
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01675604
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
- Contract Numbers: SPR 17‐533
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jul 20 2018 10:53AM