Visual Inspection & Capacity Assessment of Earthquake Damaged Reinforced Concrete Bridge Elements


This report captures the ‘fundamental research components’ developed primarily by UCSD researchers within a larger research-to-deployment effort coordinated by the Caltrans Division of Structures Maintenance and Investigations (SM&I) of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The larger effort includes ‘deployment products’ developed jointly by UCSD researchers in collaboration with Caltrans SM&I staff consisting of a training manual for visual capacity assessment, an inspection manual with detailed procedures for post-earthquake inspection, and associated slide sets used for training of bridge engineers involved with emergency response. The deployment products and other resource materials are summarized in appendices to the report and can be obtained through direct request to Caltrans SM&I.





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