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Inspection and monitoring techniques for bridges and civil structures
1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations
With the current emphasis on infrastructure rehabilitation and renewal, advanced techniques for bridge monitoring and assessment are of great interest to civil engineers and those researchers involved in the testing, inspection, management, planning, design, construction, maintenance and life extension of civil structures. The integration of these techniques can lead towards more realistic predictions of the time dependant performance of bridges and civil structures. The potential penalties for ineffective inspection can be catastrophic. The overall emphasis now is on a life extension approach which requires the effective use of NDE techniques and reliability monitoring. This comprehensive new book discusses those techniques requiring physical measurement for inspection and/or monitoring of structures.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Contributor contact details -- 1 Testing steel corrosion in reinforced concrete -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Electrochemical techniques -- 1.3 Physico-chemical techniques -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 1.5 References -- 2 Alkali ... silica reaction (ASR) testing of deterioration in concrete -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Understanding the reaction -- 2.3 Diagnosis, investigation and monitoring -- 2.4 Case histories -- 2.5 Trends in analysing and preventing ASR -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 2.7 Sources of information -- 2.8 References -- 3 Acoustic testing of concrete bridge decks -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Manual techniques -- 3.3 Electro-mechanical sounding -- 3.4 Automated chain drag system (ACDS) -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 3.6 Acknowledgements -- 3.7 References -- 4 Electrical impedance testing of wood components -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Advantages and limitations -- 4.4 Equipment and procedure -- 4.5 Wood moisture gradient inspection -- 4.6 Wood decay inspection -- 4.7 Future research and development -- 4.8 Conclusions -- 4.9 References -- 5 Detecting decay in wood components -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conventional methods -- 5.3 Stress wave propagation method -- 5.4 Cases studies -- 5.5 Future research and development -- 5.6 Conclusions -- 5.7 References -- 6 Testing timber pile length in bridges -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Background -- 6.3 Use of longitudinal stress waves -- 6.4 Pile length determination -- 6.5 Case studies -- 6.6 Future research and development -- 6.7 Conclusions -- 6.8 References -- 7 Ultrasonic testing of structural timber components -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Properties of wood -- 7.3 Wood deterioration -- 7.4 Ultrasonic pulse velocity technique -- 7.5 Laboratory investigations -- 7.6 In-service evaluation -- 7.7 Future research and development -- 7.8 Conclusions -- 7.9 Acknowledgements -- 7.10 References -- 8 Digital radioscopy analysis of timber structures -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Physics of X-rays -- 8.3 History of wood building radiography -- 8.4 Equipment for investigating timber structures -- 8.5 Case studies -- 8.6 Future research and development -- 8.7 Conclusions -- 8.8 References -- 9 Visual inspection techniques for bridges and other transportation structures -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 History of structural inspection in the USA -- 9.3 Types of visual inspection -- 9.4 Qualifications of inspectors -- 9.5 Inspection tools -- 9.6 Reliability and accuracy of visual inspection of highway bridges -- 9.7 Conclusions -- 9.8 Acknowledgements -- 9.9 References -- 10 Acoustic emission testing of bridges -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The role of acoustic emission in bridge monitoring -- 10.3 Acoustic emission theory -- 10.4 Practical techniques -- 10.5 Sources of information and advice -- 10.6 Conclusions -- 10.7 Acknowledgements -- 10.8 References -- 11 Bridge inspection using virtual reality and photogrammetry -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Bridge inspe.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cambridge, England : Woodhead Pub., ©2005