Evaluation of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Techniques for Reclamation Infrastructures
Project ID: 4022
Principal Investigator: Bobbi Jo Merten
Research Topic: Improving Geotechnical Infrastructure Reliability
Funded Fiscal Years:
2013
Keywords: infrastructure reliability, infrastructure sustainability, structural health monitoring (shm), roadmap
Research Question
How can the Bureau of Reclamation utilize structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies to improve infrastructure maintenance practices, maximize usable life, and ensure the safe operation of its facilities? What kind of roadmap must be developed to initiate this research at the greatest cost efficiency?
Need and Benefit
A general infrastructure roadmap will create a starting point for identifying opportunities to research the implementation of SHM technologies and practices. Reclamation projects can be very large and are exposed to a variety of conditions including buried or immersed structures. Therefore, the uniqueness of the infrastructure requires the need to evaluate components, processes, and problems in which research funding provides great potential for maintenance cost reduction as well as extended infrastructural lifetimes.
Research Products
A scoping document will be submitted for public viewing.
This information was last updated on May 22, 2013
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