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Re-Inventing the Bridge Inspection Program

项目名称：	Re-Inventing the Bridge Inspection Program
摘要：	The INSPIRE center will apply mobile sensors, robots, and UAVs in bridge inspection to improve quality of inspection data and reduce time and cost. Full use and benefit of these technologies demands the re-invention of programs for bridge inspection. It is not sufficient to graft new technologies onto existing inspection programs. Approach and Methodology. A new inspection program will be proposed with the following considerations: � Visual inspection by a human inspector is low-tech, but complex. An inspector makes multiple, diverse decisions to identify, evaluate, and record conditions during inspections. The inspector cannot be automated. Instead, clearly defined constituent tasks in observation or detection could aid the inspector. � Constituent tasks cost less when repeated with little or no change at many bridge elements and at many bridges. Inspections can be organized by task, a single task at many bridges in one deployment, which differs from the current organization by bridge, many tasks at a single bridge in one deployment. � Inspections can be made incremental with knowledgeable crews for various tasks. Separate crews complete separate tasks at separate times. But conditions and defects are mapped in standardized reports of inspections. Spatial distribution and correlation of conditions among elements will help understand and remediate the causes of deterioration. � A data system is needed to track the dates and methods of all constituent tasks together with the bridge elements and portions of elements completed. The data system aids in efficient organization of inspection activities, and in assurance that each bridge is completely inspected every two years. � All constituent inspection reports at each bridge are periodically reviewed to make a comprehensive evaluation of safety, which is the intent of Federal regulations for bridge inspection programs. NBIS Team Leaders will have new authority to select, schedule, accept, and review constituent inspections, and then make evaluations of safety. Evaluations will include a field visit to each bridge to verify the remaining uncertain or ambiguous findings of constituent inspections. Overall Objectives: This project aims to develop and demonstrate a new cost-efficient, risk-based program of inspection of highway bridges. The new program employs spatial reporting of conditions, risk-based inspection intervals, incremental execution of inspections as constituent tasks, and automation of inspection tasks. It matches inspection methods to intended uses of inspection data with a comprehensive organization to monitor performance of bridges, identify emerging risks, and support planning of preservation actions for bridges. Scope of Work in Year 1: (1) Produce standards and case studies for spatial reporting of bridge inspections that can capture the locations of all conditions and defects found during each inspection, (2) Develop a paper- and computer-based reporting method of existing inspection data by adapting them in the form of maps that are broadly defined to include schematic plans of bridges and the use of photo overlays to record locations of defects.
状态：	Active
资金：	146,039
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration University Transportation Center
执行机构：	Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration University Transportation Center
主要研究人员：	Hearn, George
开始时间：	20170301
预计完成日期：	20191231
实际结束时间：	0