Work Package 3 – Advanced Bridge Monitoring Techniques

The general objective of Work Package 3 (WP3), led by AIT of Austria, was to advance selected bridge monitoring techniques further towards implementation in maintenance and asset management for cost-effective operation. The common goal in all tasks in WP3 was therefore to overcome the gaps and barriers in European deployment of innovative bridge monitoring methods to increase availability, structural safety and cost-efficiency. High-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and industry will benefit from widespread use/needs of different advanced monitoring techniques all over Europe. The involvement of SME and industry ensures further evolution and exploitation of proposed techniques. The five tasks within WP3 are:

1. Task 3.1 (Automated 3D visual bridge inspection)
2. Task 3.2 (Traffic loading and acoustic monitoring)
3. Task 3.3 (Corrosion monitoring)
4. Task 3.4 (Monitoring of joints and bearings
5. Task 3.5 (Integrated Bridge monitoring method)

Please see the posters below which outlined the status of these tasks at the FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting 2013 (FIRM13) in June 2013.

Task 3.1 (Automated 3D visual bridge inspection)

Task 3.2 (Traffic loading and acoustic monitoring)

Task 3.3 (Corrosion monitoring)

Task 3.4 (Monitoring of joints and bearings

Task 3.5 (Integrated Bridge monitoring method)