Call for papers: NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges

NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT) 2010

16–20 August 2010, New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott, New York, NY, USA

The conference promotes the exchange of information among national and international researchers, practitioners and infrastructure stakeholders on the application of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive testing (NDT) technologies for condition assessment of highway infrastructure. Contributions focused on field applications, case studies, technology implementation, applied research, and practical experience are invited to submit abstracts. Through technical presentations and exhibits, infrastructure stakeholders, transportation officials, researchers, consultants, and contractors will be exposed to the state-of-the-practice in NDE methods. In addition, participants will have opportunities to discuss urgent problems faced by civil infrastructure stakeholders and the potential solutions utilizing available and emerging NDE technologies.

Topics of interest for the conference include NDE technologies for bridge superstructures, substructure and decks, pavement NDE and structural health monitoring. Quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) practices, bridge inspection methods and the integration of inspection findings in bridge evaluation and management programs are also of interest.

Suggested Topics Include:

• Condition assessments of existing highway infrastructure

• Implementation of NDE technologies

• Quality control (QC) and forensic investigation of in-service structures

• Quality assurance (QA) during construction

• Inspections at the fabrication yards

• Bridge inspection challenges faced by State DOT’s

• Structural health monitoring (SHM) and load rating

• Foundation integrity and unknown depth

• Pavement integrity evaluations

• Bridge cable inspection

• Underwater inspection technologies

• Scour evaluation

• Long-term bridge monitoring

• Innovative sensors for civil infrastructure

• Embeddable sensors

• Tunnel and culvert inspection

• Inspection and evaluation of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) material and FRP structures

• Inspection of light poles and sign supports

• Quantification of bridge deterioration

• Training and certification of inspection personnel

Deadlines

Abstracts submission: 1 February 2010

Acceptance notification: 15 March 2010

Final paper submission: 14 May 2010

More information: http://www.asnt.org/events/conferences/smt10/smt10.htm