Bridge NDE

Electronic Resources for Nondestructive Evaluation

1. Global NDT Internet Superhub (GNIS) [Courtesy of Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

2. GE Inspection Technologies
   Contains product information as well as technical information for eddy current testing.

3. International NDT Technical Collaboration using the Internet [Courtesy of Jet Propulsion Laboratory]
   Full-text of article by Yoseph Bar-Cohen et al.

4. NDT and the Internet: articles in PDF format from Insight magazine [Courtesy of British Institute for Non-Destructive Testing]
   
   • Visual Inspection on the Net by X.E. Gros
   • Internet Sites on Radiography by X.E. Gros

5. NDT Home Page [Courtesy of Robert A. Day and Second Sound]
   Contains topical pages for ultrasonic testing, tomography and near field imaging; links to NDT resources, meetings and a few articles.

6. NDT Link [Courtesy of American Society for Nondestructive Testing]
   Features include NDT electronic mall with "latest information on NDT products and services," excellent Technical Information Section with an explanation of NDT and typical methods as well as full-text Back to Basics and NDT Solutions articles.
   • Acoustic Emission: A Tool for the Bridge Engineer [NDT Solutions August 1996]

7. NDT Newsgroup

8. NDT World Wide [Courtesy of Morio Onoe]

9. Related NDE organizations

10. The e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing [Courtesy of Rolf Diederichs]

Technical Literature Compilations

1. Radar Inspection of Bridge Decks [TRB TRIS Research Abstracts 02-23-92]

Full-text Documents about Bridge NDE

• Institute Documents
  1. Bridge NDE Newsletter [Published by Infrastructure Technology Institute]
     v. 1, no. 1 (June 1994): HTML or PDF version (178K)
     v. 2, no. 1 (Fall 1995): HTML or PDF version (492K)
     V. 3, no. 1 (Fall 1997): HTML

  2. ITI Bridge NDE Users Group

  3. ITI Bridge NDE Conferences
     
• Other Documents
  1. Advanced Ground-Penetrating, Imaging Radar for Bridge Inspection [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1994]

  2. NDE News: New Crack Detection Method Tested [FHWA Research & Technology Transporter Online August 1996 -- Courtesy of TFHRC]
     Examines testing of a "new crack detection instrument developed in England. This new instrument uses a method known as Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) to detect and measure fatigue cracks in steel." (scroll down to see the article)

  3. NDT Applications in a Successful Fracture Critical Bridge Inspection Program [Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation, 1994]

  4. Nondestructive Evaluation for Bridge Management in the Next Century [Public Roads Magazine July 1997 -- Courtesy of TFHRC]

Bridge NDE research projects

1. Acoustic Emission and Strain Gage Monitoring of Steel Bridges [David Prine, Northwestern University]

2. Acoustoelastic Measurements for Global NDE [A.V. Clark, NIST]

3. Nondestructive Evaluation Technology [Northwestern University BIRL Industrial Research Laboratory]

4. Nondestructive Evaluation/Testing [FHWA OTA projects]

5. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Methods Characterize Damage in Concrete Bridge Decks with Bituminous Overlays [Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]

6. Ultrasonic Inspection of Bridges [Jan Achenbach, Northwestern University]

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