Bridge inspection and condition assessment in europe

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2044, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Helmerich, Rosemarie ^a   Niederleithinger, Ernst ^a   Algernon, Daniel ^b   Streicher, Doreen ^a   Wiggenhauser, Herbert ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; BUDGET CONTROL; CONCRETE TESTING; DATA HANDLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INSPECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE; BRIDGE INSPECTION; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CONDITION MAINTENANCE; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS; INNER STRUCTURE; MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES; NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 50849120031     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2044-04     Document Type: Article

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