Title page for ETD etd-050406-092613

Document Type	thesis
Author Name	Krajewski, Joseph E.
Email Address	jkrajewski at worldnet.att.net
URN	etd-050406-092613
Title	Bridge Inspection and Interferometry
Degree	MS
Department	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Advisors	Professor Albano, Advisor Professor Furlong, Committee Member Professor Ray, Committee Member
Keywords	interferometry bridge inspection
Date of Presentation/Defense	2006-05-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract With the majority of bridges in the country aging, over capacity and costly to rehabilitate or replace, it is essential that engineers refine their inspection and evaluation techniques. Over the past 130 years the information gathering techniques and methods used by engineers to inspect bridges have changed little. All of the available methods rely on one technique, visual inspection. In addition, over the past 40 years individual bridge inspectors have gone from being information gathers to being solely responsible for the condition rating of bridges they inspect. The reliance on the visual abilities of a single individual to determine the health of a particular bridge has led to inconsistent and sometimes erroneous results. In an effort to provide bridge inspectors and engineers with more reliable inspection and evaluation techniques, this thesis will detail the case for development of a new inspection tool, and the assembly and use of one new tool called Fringe Interferometry
Files	JKrajewski-Thesis.pdf

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