Research Project

Implementation and Evaluation of Smart Timber Bridge Concepts to Provide Continuous Structural Condition Assessment

Researcher(s)

Principal investigator: Brent Phares, 515-294-5879, bphares@iastate.edu (project list)

Co-principal investigators:

Terry Wipf, 515-294-9501, tjwipf@iastate.edu (project list)

Project status

In progress

Start date: 08/08/06
End date: 07/31/10

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s):USDA Forest Service

About the research

Research objective: To implement concepts developed separately that are related to the development of a smart timber bridge that has capabilities to automatically report on changes in its condition.

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The Bridge Engineering Center is administered by Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation.