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 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Cruz, P. ED - Frangopol, D. T1 - Trends in bridge condition assessment using non-destructive testing methods T2 - Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Performance and Cost CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 2006-07-16 KW - NDT KW - Condition assessment KW - Automation of measurement KW - Data fusion 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 - 933 EP - 934 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-14037 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Toolbox with Nondestructive Testing Methods for Condition Assessment of Railway Bridges KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Automated scanning KW - Condition assessment KW - Bridge assessment KW - Ultrasonicecho KW - Impulse radar KW - Impact echo PY - 2006 SN - 0361-1981 IS - 1943 SP - 65 EP - 73 PB - National Research Council CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-14293 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - A toolbox with non-destructive testing methods for the condition assessment of railway bridges T2 - TRB 85th Annual Meeting CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2006-01-22 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14275 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert ED - Nüesch, R. T1 - Charakterisierung von Feuchte- und Salzbelastungen in Baumaterial durch Impedanzspektroskopie T2 - Charakterisierung von Feuchte- und Salzbelastungen in Baumaterial durch Impedanzspektroskopie CY - Karlsruhe, Deutschland DA - 2006-10-17 KW - Impedanzspektroskopie KW - Spektrale Induzierte Polarisation KW - SIP KW - Feuchte KW - Mauerwerk KW - Salzgehalt PY - 2006 SP - 185 EP - 192 PB - Aedificatio Verl. CY - Karlsruhe AN - OPUS4-14378 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Foundation NDT test site Horstwalde T2 - TRB 85th Annual Meeting, AFF40 Committee Meeting CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2006-01-22 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14356 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - A European research project for the condition assessment of railway bridges, on-site investigation techniques for the structural evaluation of historic masonry buildings T2 - Advanced Course on Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation of Concrete Structures CY - Chennai, India DA - 2007-02-15 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-14766 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Improvement and Validation of Foundation NDT Methods T2 - Advanced Course on Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation of Concrete Structure, SERC CY - Chennai, India DA - 2007-01-25 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-14729 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helmerich, Rosemarie A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Algernon, Daniel A1 - Streicher, Doreen A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Bridge inspection and condition assessment in Europe T2 - TRB 87th annual meeting CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2008-01-13 KW - Construction KW - Environment and Energy PY - 2008 IS - CD-ROM (Paper 08-1450 / Session 568) SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - TRB CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-16651 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wiggenhauser, Herbert T1 - Bridge inspection and condition assessment in Europe T2 - Transportation Research Board (TRB) 87th Annual Meeting, Session 660 CY - Washington, D.C., USA DA - 2008-01-13 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-16594 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -