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Non-Destructive Testing of Highway Bridge Structures for Purposes of Structure Evaluation

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Project ID: DOT 0092-00-15
Title: Non-Destructive Testing of Highway Bridge Structures for Purposes of Structure Evaluation
PI: Al Ghorbanpoor
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Project: This study evaluated methods for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of bridge components, such as vibration and radiographic testing, ultrasonic imaging, acoustic emission, gamma ray tomography, infrared thermography, radar, ultrasonic pulse velocity and others. Selected NDE devices were tested in the laboratory and field.
Start Date: December 1999
End Date: May 2005
Project Award: $49,745
TOC: Structures
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