Modular Frame Concept Cart for Inspection of Slab-On-Girder Bridge Superstructure

Abstract

Accessibility of bridge superstructures is often a major issue for the cost-effective inspection and for the installation of health monitoring systems. Depending on the case studies under consideration, tailored solutions may be required to best suit particular needs. This paper presents a concept cart that has been conceived, designed and built to allow a minimum of two operators to move along the whole length of the steel I-girders of a 263 m five span continuous slab-on-girder bridge. the vehicle has been equipped with a set of built-in devices, used to rapidly pass through the transverse stiffeners and cross frames, also at the bent locations. This solution allowed the successful installation of a 1.1 km fiber optic circuit for strain and temperature monitoring.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Bridge monitoring; Fiber optics; Inspection

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2024 Atlantis Press, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2005

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