NDEVC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

The objective of NDEVC is to improve the state of the practice for highway bridge inspection. The center is designed to act as a resource for state transportation agencies, industry, and academia concerned with the development and testing of innovative NDE technologies. NDEVC provides state highway agencies with independent evaluation and validation of NDE technologies, develops new NDE technologies, and provides technical assistance to states exploring the use of these advanced technologies.

Take a look at some of the NDEVC's new and ongoing projects:

• The HERMES Bridge Inspector Project
  • Current Research and Development of HERMES II
    
  • Preceding work on the HERMES Project:
    • Advanced Ground-Penetrating Radar Inspection of Bridge Decks
      
    • The Problem of Deteriorating Bridge Decks
      
    • The HERMES Bridge Inspector
      
    • The PERES Bridge Inspector
      
• Visual Inspection Study
  • Study Update
  • Preceding work on the Visual Inspection Study:
    • Study Background Information
    • Evaluation of the Study Inspectors' Characteristics
    • Tasks Performed During the Study
    • Additional Pictures of the Visual Inspection Process
• State Survey
• NYSDOT Bridge Test
• Automated UT
• Light and Sign Pole
• Acoustic Emissions
• Nuclear NDE
• Instrumentation Design Development

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