TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - A toolbox with non-destructive testing methods for the condition assessment of railway bridges N2 - The unified economic structure of the European market requires a unified transport infrastructure to ensure seamless and barrierfree transportation of passengers and goods. The European commission is funding the European Integrated Project Sustainable Bridges to comply with future traffic demands. The main objective of the project is to reliably assess and upgrade the bridge infrastructure for the required increase of axle loads and transport volume. 32 Institutes from 12 countries develop unified procedures for the assessment and improvement of the existing railway bridge stock under the guidance and review of six major European railway companies. Non destructive testing (NDT) is given a high priority. One of the work packages concentrates on the potential of advanced NDT-methods and creates a toolbox with advisable methods for the condition assessment of all types of railway bridges. Although NDT-methods are implemented in the quality assurance process in many industries, their application in the railway infrastructure is not common. Only a few countries have included selected NDT-methods into advanced condition assessment procedures for the management of their bridge stock. This paper describes also current activities to enhance pulse-phase thermography, impulse-radar and acoustic methods. The advanced methods enable infrastructure owners to verify construction plans, to assess structures, repair and strengthening quality or to identify in-service damages. Latest development is an automated scanning system for combined acoustic and electromagnetic measurements. The results are then combined through data fusion techniques to further increase their value for the bridge owners. T2 - 85th TRB Annual Meeting CY - Washington, DC, USA DA - 2006-01-22 KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Thermography KW - Railway Bridges KW - NDT-toolbox PY - 2006 SP - 1 EP - 12(?) PB - TRB CY - Washington, D.C. AN - OPUS4-12037 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Maksymowicz, M. A1 - Cruz, P.J.S. A1 - Bien, J. A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie ED - Cruz, P. ED - Frangopol, D. T1 - Concrete railway bridges - taxonomy of degradation mechanisms and damages identified by NDT methods T2 - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 2006-07-16 KW - Sustainability KW - Bridges KW - Degradation mechanisms KW - Taxonometry KW - Non-Destructive Testing PY - 2006 SN - 0-415-40315-4 N1 - Serientitel: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences – Series title: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences SP - 943-944 (Book)/ 8 pages (CD-ROM) PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-14413 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Streicher, Doreen A1 - Stoppel, Markus A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Forde, M. T1 - Automated non-destructive investigation of railway bridge condition T2 - 11th International Conference and Exhibiton "Structural Faults and Repair - 2006" CY - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK DA - 2006-06-13 KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Automated scanning device KW - Combination of methods KW - Ultrasonic-echo KW - Impact-echo KW - Impulse radar PY - 2006 SN - 0-947644-59-8 SP - 1 EP - 8(?) PB - Engineering Technics Pr., CY - Edingburgh AN - OPUS4-12530 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Täljsten, B. A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie ED - Cruz, P. ED - Frangopol, D. T1 - Sustainable bridges: A European funded project for higher load and speed on railway bridges - WP6 repair and strengthening T2 - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 2006-07-16 KW - Sustainability KW - Bridges KW - Repair KW - Strengthening KW - Reinforced Concrete KW - Quality control KW - Non-Destructive Testing PY - 2006 SN - 0-415-40315-4 N1 - Serientitel: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences – Series title: Balkema proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences SP - 339-340 (Book)/ 8 pages (CD-ROM) PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-14417 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -