Non-Contact Scour Monitoring for Highway Bridges

This research proposes the use of laser ranging sensor with the signal wavelength in the green spectrum (Approx. 500 nm) of Electro Magnetic Radiation (EMR) for underwater scour monitoring. This includes developing methodologies to use green laser system on a static or mobile platforms like truck, boat, USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicles) and UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) to map the condition of bridge substructure submerged in the water. It is crucial to convert the derived depth information from these non-contact bathymetric sensors to meaningful scour conditions, which will be accomplished in this project through simulated lab-based and actual prototype field experiments.

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $57544
• Contract Numbers:

  BDV27-977-16

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Project Managers:

  Spirio, Carlton

• Performing Organizations:

  Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

  Boca Raton, FL  United States  33431
• Principal Investigators:

  Nagarajan, Sudhagar

• Start Date: 20190606
• Expected Completion Date: 20201130
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Condition surveys; Electromagnetic radiation; Field tests; Highway bridges; Laboratory tests; Lasers; Methodology; Monitoring; Scour; Sensors; Underwater structures
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01707624
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: BDV27-977-16
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 6 2019 10:54AM