Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing System for BridgeMonitoringracking in Highway Bridges Project 1.5 Project Summary The deterioration of infrastructure presents a major challenge for the economy of any country. Additionally, the risk factor of possible loss of life has made Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) an important approach to evaluate the status of any civil infrastructure. Among […]
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Electromagnetic Detection and Identification of Concrete Cracking in Highway Bridges Project 1.4 Project Summary The problem we are trying to solve is the structural assessment of aging concrete bridges (reinforced and pre-stressed) in New England, targeting at concrete cracking and degradation (e.g., carbonation, alkali-silica reaction). The problem is important because that the integrity of concrete […]
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Condition/Health Monitoring of Railroad Bridges for Structural Safety, Integrity, and Durability Project 1.02 Project Summary The primary goal of this research project is to develop and implement efficient and effective methodology for short-and long-term continuous condition monitoring and detection of railroad bridges. This is proposed to be achieved utilizing analytical and computational (finite element) modeling/analysis […]
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Progressive Fault Identification and Prognosis of Railway Tracks Based on Intelligent Inference Project 1.6 Project Summary The objectives of this project are to synthesize novel sensors integrated with physics-informed data analytics to monitor the railway track for enhanced reliability and durability. New active sensing mechanisms will be developed, to enable autonomous detection and identification. New […]
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Energy Harvesting and Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Lifentelligent Compaction with Passive Wireless Sensors Project 1.11 Project Summary The objectives of this project are:• to develop a perpetual pavement system with embedded solar harvesting unit• to perform Infrastructure Assessments Through Solar Energy Harvesting• to perform a thermodynamic analysis of the pavement cooling system and the pavement […]
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Enhancing Intelligent Compaction with Passive Wireless Sensors Project 1.8 Project Summary To ensure long lasting performance of pavement materials and avoid significant maintenance and rehabilitation costs, it is necessary to achieve high quality and uniformly compacted materials. In this project, we aim to improve the IC performance and facilitate the process of geo-material compaction and […]
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Field Live Load Testing and Advanced Analysis of Concrete T-Beam Bridges to Extend Service Life Project 1.1 Project Summary Concrete T-beam bridges are an important class of structures that has seen limited investigation. These structures are often perceived as quite robust and are in good condition, but possess very low rating factors based on conventional […]
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