OasisLMS

This session is intended for practitioners and researchers in the bridge design and bridge maintenance communities. The content will focus on case studies highlighting load testing and monitoring techniques for load rating and structural evaluation. Topics include cost-effective load testing procedures intended for system wide load rating, evaluation of structural dynamics and fatigue of stay cables concrete anchorage zones in stay cable bridge, and long-term ongoing monitoring for time dependent and temperature related deformations. Attendees should learn the scope of load testing for purposes of load rating and should recognize innovative techniques for evaluating in service bridges.

The contents of this course include five recorded presentations from the ACI 2021 Spring Convention:
1. Cost Effective Load Testing for Systemwide Applications; Andrew Foden, WSP USA
2. Dynamic Testing of Stay Cables Subjected to Rain-Wind Induced Vibration, Joseph Klein, Pivot Engineers
3. Ultrasonic Coda Wave Monitoring During Structural Load Testing of Bridges; Thomas Schumacher, Thomas Schumacher

1. Discuss the value of load testing for purposes of load rating concrete bridge inventories.
2. Describe innovative procedures for measuring structural response using visual-based methods.
3. Explain the benefits of long-term monitoring the movement and deformations of concrete bridges while recognizing its challenges, including fatigue concerns with stay cable vibrations.
4. Describe how field evaluation procedures may inform the use of and prove the efficacy of repair procedures performed on bridge elements.

Study the materials included in this module. Then, complete and pass the corresponding 10-question quiz with a score of 80% or higher to receive a certificate for 0.1 CEU (1.0 PDH).
Continuing Education Credit: 0.1 CEU (1.0 PDH)
Approved AIA and ICC
Access Period: 30 days