TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie ED - Biondini, F. ED - Frangopol, D.M. T1 - Full scale fatigue testing of original truss members and connections N2 - The analysis of the I-35 W bridge collapse in Mineapolis, Minnesota (NTSB 2008) initiated a discussion about gusset plates in truss girders again. In the past, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) has performed series of laboratory fatigue tests on original riveted truss girders in their laboratories. Four 10 m long original truss girders were tested under different fatigue loading. Gusset plates connecting the most highly stressed diagonal truss members with the chords were the weakest elements of this type of structure. A strengthening method was tested for extension of the fatigue life. The test results were input in assessment procedures for further main girders being historical monuments. The results of test series performed at BAM and other fatigue tests in the world were sources for the Recommendation for the assessment of the remaining fatigue life, issued by the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) together with the European Joint Research Center (JRC). T2 - IABMAS 2012 - 6th International conference on bridge maintenance, safety and management CY - Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy DA - 08.07.2012 KW - Existing bridges KW - Laboratory testing KW - Fatigue KW - Remaining service life KW - Weak details KW - Materials testing PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-415-62124-3 SN - 978-0-203-10338-8 SP - 8 PB - CRC Press CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-29455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hong, Shuxian A1 - Lai Wai-Lok, Wallace A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Milmann, Boris ED - Biondini, F. ED - Frangopol, D.M. T1 - NDT-based monitoring of accelerated steel corrosion in concrete N2 - This paper presents an example of monitoring the corrosion process with NDT techniques. The impressed current technique was used for accelerating reinforcement corrosion in a large-sized concrete slab with chloride contamination. Periodic NDT-CE inspections were carried out making use of ground penetrating radar (GPR), ultrasonic echo array and half-cell potential measurement. The work presents an example of monitoring the corrosion process with NDT techniques and shows the way to the ultimate goal of finding objective tools to evaluate the corrosion state. The work was carried out during the Initial Training Network SmartEN, funded by the European Commission. T2 - IABMAS 2012 - 6th International conference on bridge maintenance, safety and management CY - Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy DA - 08.07.2012 KW - Concrete KW - Reinforcement corrosion KW - Nondestructive testing KW - Ground penetration radar KW - Ultrasonic echo PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-415-62124-3 SN - 978-0-203-10338-8 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - CRC Press CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-29581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bien, J. A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie ED - Jasienko, J. T1 - Theoretical and experimental analysis of historical bridges T2 - SAHC 2012 - 8th International conference on structural analysis of historical constructions CY - Wroclaw, Poland DA - 15.10.2012 KW - Historical bridges KW - Theoretical analysis KW - Experiments KW - Diagnostics PY - 2012 SN - 978-83-7125-216-7 SN - 0860-2395 VL - 1 SP - 45 EP - 63 PB - DWE CY - Wroclaw, Poland AN - OPUS4-26830 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -