摘要: |
The goals of this pooled-fund initiative are to engage closely with several state departments of transportation (DOTs) in the early stage of technology development at the INSPIRE University Transportation Center, and leverage the center resources to develop case studies, protocols, and guidelines that can be adopted by state DOTs for bridge inspection without adversely impacting traffic. The initiative involves the integration, field demonstration and documentation of a robotic system of structural crawlers, UAVs, NDE devices, sensors, and data analytics. Depending on the interest of participating DOTs, the objectives of this initiative include, but are not limited to: (1) Development of inspection protocols for various types of bridges with the robotic system integrated into current practice. (2) Comparison and correlation of bridge deck inspections from above and underneath decks to understand the reliability of traffic disruption-free bridge inspection from underneath. (3) Design and technical guidelines of measurement devices on a robotic platform for the detection of surface and internal damage/deterioration in structural members, and for the change in lateral support of foundations. (4) Data fusion and analytics of measurements taken from various imaging and sensing systems for consistency and reliability. |