Transportation

Monitoring Instrumentation for Transportation and Shipping

Case Study »  Williamsburg Bridge: Load Testing

Project Summary

Application Type:
A monitoring project to investigate in-situ stress-ranges and better characterize the behavior of this complex structural system.

Location:
New York, New York, USA

Products Used:
CR9000 

Contributors:
Rob Connor, ATLSS Lehigh University

Contracting Agencies:
City of New York

Measured Parameters:
Strain, vibration

A significant portion of the Williamsburg Bridge project involved the replacement of the existing concrete-filled grid deck on both the south and north inner and outer roadways with a steel orthotropic deck. During controlled load tests, data were collected from 82 strain gages at sampling rates as high as 200 Hz.


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Structural Monitoring - Williamsburg Bridge, NY, USA


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