Long Range Bridge Girder Evaluation Using Lamb Waves
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Begun in 1973, the Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) is the premier international NDE meeting designed to provide an interface between research and early engineering through the presentation of current ideas and results focused on facilitating a rapid transfer to engineering development.
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The detection of fatigue cracks in steel bridge girders has become a major problem for bridge engineers in the USA. Currently, most bridge inspection is carried out using visual methods. Visual methods are time consuming and often miss fatigue cracks hidden under paint or by other bridge members. Snooper trucks or platforms are often required so that the inspector can gain access to all parts of the bridge. This requirement adds to the expense and complexity of the inspection process and often requires that one or more traffic lanes be closed to accommodate the required equipment. In view of the above mentioned problems and that bridge inspection budgets are limited, there exists a critical need for global and semiglobal Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) methods which can evaluate critical parts of the bridge structure rapidly and inexpensively.