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Book Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks

Download or read book Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks written by James G. Buckler and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Evaluation of Bridge Deck Utilizing Ontario Bridge Deck Design Method  Instrumentation and testing of two reinforced concrete bridge decks

Download or read book Evaluation of Bridge Deck Utilizing Ontario Bridge Deck Design Method Instrumentation and testing of two reinforced concrete bridge decks written by J. A. Puckett and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nondestructive Corrosion Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks with Overlays

Download or read book Nondestructive Corrosion Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks with Overlays written by Dewei Meng and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete corrosion induced by deicing agents can decrease the durability of concrete bridge decks by causing cross-sectional loss of reinforcement, concrete delamination, and spalling owing to the expansion of corroded reinforcement. The installation of overlays can extend the service life of the deteriorated decks. However, overlays present challenges in the evaluation of the corrosion condition of the underlying decks. This laboratory study employed three nondestructive testing (NDT) methods to assess the effects of seven types of overlays on corrosion evaluation for concrete bridge decks. The NDT methods were electrical resistivity (ER), ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and half-cell potential (HCP). The ER method could not evaluate the corrosive environment in the concrete decks through the overlays. The GPR method could detect the corrosive environment through four of the seven overlays. The HCP method could detect the decrease of electrical potential over the actively corroded reinforcement for all seven specimens; however, only two of the seven specimens could be identified as having active corrosion per ASTM C876-15, Standard Test Method for Corrosion Potentials of Uncoated Reinforcing Steel in Concrete . Overlay debonding did not affect GPR and HCP testing results in this study.

Book Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration

Download or read book Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06A-RR-1: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration identifies nondestructive testing technologies for detecting and characterizing common forms of deterioration in concrete bridge decks.The report also documents the validation of promising technologies, and grades and ranks the technologies based on results of the validations.The main product of this project will be an electronic repository for practitioners, known as the NDToolbox, which will provide information regarding recommended technologies for the detection of a particular deterioration. " -- publisher's description.

Book Performance Evaluation of Bridges with Fiber Reinforced Composite Decks

Download or read book Performance Evaluation of Bridges with Fiber Reinforced Composite Decks written by William Edward Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Galvanic Cathodic Protection for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks

Download or read book Galvanic Cathodic Protection for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks written by David Whiting and published by Transportation Research Board National Research. This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Galvanic Cathodic Protection for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks

Download or read book Galvanic Cathodic Protection for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks written by Arlee T. Reno and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Two course Bonded Concrete Bridge Deck Construction

Download or read book Two course Bonded Concrete Bridge Deck Construction written by Samuel S. Tyson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-course bonded technique that has evolved from the continuing national and local interest in bridge deck durability was used in June 1974 to construct six bridge decks in Virginia. During the construction, which was the first phase of a five-year study on the construction, condition and performance of two-course decks, detailed observations were made of the activities used to construct the six two-course decks and two conventional single-lift decks, and data concerning the several concretes utilized in the construction of the decks were recorded. Based on comparisons of two-course and single-lift construction techniques the following conclusions are made. An overlay should be placed not sooner than two days after a base layer is placed. Light sandblasting of the base layer removes laitance that might adversely affect the bond between the base layer and overlay. A bonding layer of cement slurry should be broomed onto the base layer not further than 10 feet (3 meters) nor longer than 15 minutes ahead of the overlay placements. The same depth of clear concrete cover above the top reinforcing steel resulted from the two-course construction as from the single-lift technique. Using conventional equipment selected by the contractor, the construction activities proceeded in an orderly and satisfactory manner and coefficients of variation for the time intervals required to install the base layers and the overlays are comparable to values representing excellent control for single-lift construction. Although a 7-yd 3 (5.4 m3) truckload of concrete was screeded over 3 1/2 times as much surface area for an overlay as for a conventional single-lift deck, the average duration per truckload between the initial depositing and the completion of the screeding activity on the wearing surface was approximately the same in both the two-course and single-lift techniques. Not including texturing and curing activities, the average man-hours required to install concrete in the separate layers of the two-course decks was 33% greater than for conventional single-lift decks, but in terms of project days required for construction the two-course and single-lift techniques are equivalent. The total additional cost of the two-course technique is approximately 5% of the cost of the bridge superstructure. Three overlay concretes were selected for use as wearing courses on the two-course concrete decks on the basis of their protective qualities. A broad range of handling characteristics is represented by these concretes, which included a latex modified concrete, a high quality PCC, and a wire fiber reinforced concrete. The differences in these wearing course concretes did not significantly affect the placement activities, other than the batching, during their respective installations. In general the decks constructed by the two-course technique are equivalent to those resulting from conventional single-lift construction, however these successfully installed special wearing course concretes offer improved potential for deck performance.

Book Evaluation of MMFX Steel for Concrete Bridge Decks

Download or read book Evaluation of MMFX Steel for Concrete Bridge Decks written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commercially available Micro-Composite, Multi-Structural, Formable (MMFX) steel reinforcing bars are a proprietary product claiming to provide both high tensile strength and excellent corrosion-resistance when compared to conventional Grade 60 steel. Use of MMFX steel reinforcement could potentially lead to significant cost savings due to these unique characteristics. Recently, many state transportation departments, including the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), have begun to use MMFX steel as a direct replacement for conventional steel in reinforced concrete bridge decks. However, the behavior of bridge decks reinforced with MMFX steel bars was previously undocumented. In light of this fact, a research program was commissioned by the NCDOT in which three concrete bridge decks, each having a span-to-depth ratio of 12.5, were constructed and tested to failure under simulated truck wheel loads. Two of the decks were constructed with identical reinforcement ratios, one utilizing conventional Grade 60 steel and the other MMFX steel. The third bridge deck was also reinforced with MMFX steel, but was reinforced with 33 percent less steel in an attempt to utilize the higher tensile strength offered by MMFX. The results of the experimental program demonstrate that taking advantage of lowered reinforcement ratios by utilizing the higher strength of MMFX steel is a definite possibility in reinforced concrete bridge decks. The bridge deck reinforced with 33 percent less MMFX steel developed the same load-carrying capacity as the deck reinforced with conventional Grade 60 steel. In addition, the same deck showed the same deflections at service load as the deck reinforced with Grade 60 steel.

Book Evaluation of the Empirical Deck Design for Vehicular Bridges

Download or read book Evaluation of the Empirical Deck Design for Vehicular Bridges written by Georges El-Gharib and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research evaluated the feasibility of the empirical design method for reinforced concrete bridge decks for the Florida Department of Transportation [FDOT]. There are currently three methods used for deck design: empirical method, traditional method and finite element method. This research investigated and compared the steel reinforcement ratios and the stress developed in the reinforcing steel for the three different methods of deck design. This study included analysis of 15 bridge models that met the FDOT standards. The main beams were designed and load rated using commercial software to obtain live load deflections. The bridges were checked to verify that they met the empirical method conditions based on the FDOT Structures Design Guidelines-- January 2009. The reinforced concrete decks were designed using the traditional design method. Then the bridges were analyzed using three-dimensional linear finite element models with moving live loads. The reinforced concrete decks were designed using dead load moment, live load moment, and future wearing surface moment obtained from the finite element models. The required reinforcing steel ratio obtained from the finite element method was compared to the required reinforcing steel ratio obtained from traditional design method and the empirical design method. Based on the type of beams, deck thicknesses, method of analysis, and other assumptions used in this study, in most cases the required reinforcing steel obtained from the finite element design is closer to that obtained from the empirical design method than that obtained from the traditional design method. It is recommended that the reinforcing steel ratio obtained from the empirical design method be used with increased deck thicknesses to control cracking in the bridge decks interior bays.

Book An Investigation of Concrete Quality Evaluation Methods

Download or read book An Investigation of Concrete Quality Evaluation Methods written by Rudell Poehl and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Evaluation of a Bond Model for Punching Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks

Download or read book An Evaluation of a Bond Model for Punching Shear Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks written by William Francis Carducci and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: