SAMARIS STRUCTURES WP 15

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SAMARIS STRUCTURES WP 15
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Technical Work Packages

1. Strategies for repair of highway structures (TRL
   Richard Woodward)
2. Corrosion Inhibitors (UCD Mark Richardson)
3. HPFRCC (High Performance Fibre Reinforced
   Cementitious Composites) materials (EPFL
   Emmanuel Denarié)
4. Survey (ZAG Aleš Žnidaric)

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WP 12 - Strategies for repair of HSObjective

• To draw together requirements for sustainable
  maintenance strategy to satisfy
• functional,
• safety,
• economic and
• environmental
• requirements for highway structures

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WP 12 - Strategies for repair of HS
Deterioration as a Function of Time
Condition Performance
Minimum acceptable value
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40
60
80
100
Time (years)
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WP 12 - Strategies for repair of HS Deliverables

• D2 Inception Report (Mon.6)
• D31 Guidelines on selection and use of
  innovative materials for the repair of highway
  structures (Mon.36)

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WP 13 Corrosion inhibitorsDeliverables

• D17 Test report on effectiveness of corrosion
  inhibitor in laboratory trials (Mon.24)
• D21 Test report on effectiveness of corrosion
  inhibitor in field trials (Mon.30)
• D25 Specification for the use of CI for
  maintenance of highway structures (Mon.33)

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WP 14 HPFRCC materialsDeliverables

• D13 Report on preliminary studies for the use of
  HPFRCC for maintenance of road infrastructure
  components (Mon.18)
• D18 Test report on laboratory testing of HPFRCC
  (Mon.24)
• D22 Test report on pilot field trials of HPFRCC
  (Mon.30)
• D26 Modelling of HPFRCC in hybrid structures
  (Mon.33)

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WP 15 SurveyObjective

• To provide an updated inventory and assessment of
  highway structures in selected EEA and CE
  countries.

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WP 15 SurveyTasks

• 15.1 Data collection
• 15.2 Condition assessment
• 15.3 Loading
• 15.4 Structural safety
• 15.5 Survey

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WP 15 Survey 15.1 Data collection

• the most active task up to now
• subtasks
• 15.1.1 Detailed work programme
• 15.1.2 Review of existing questionnaires
• 15.1.3 Preparation of questionnaires
• 15.1.4 Meeting with subcontractors
• 15.1.5 Submission of questionnaires
• 15.1.6 Collection of structural data
• M11 Collection of structural data completed
• 15.1.7 Compilation of results

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WP 15 Survey 15.1 Data collection

• subtasks
• associated with subcontractors
• meeting in July in Vienna
• many useful comments
• all contracts signed and 1st year money paid
• problem
• How to make a questionnaire that will be easy as
  possible to fill in and evaluate?

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WP 15 Survey 15.2 Condition Assessment

• Subtasks
• 15.2.1 Literature survey
• 15.2.2 Evaluation of questionnaires
• Assessment of codes
• Assessment of tools procedures
• Assessment of condition rating procedures
• 15.2.3 Handbook of damages
• Reorganisation of existing COST 345 handbook
• Updating the software
• Testing the software
• Feeding the data

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WP 15 Survey 15.3 Loading

• Subtasks
• 15.3.1 Dead loads
• Evaluation of existing procedures
• Assessment of data
• Demonstration of dead load evaluation
• subtask 15.3.2 True traffic loading
• Evaluation of available WIM data
• Evaluation of measured WIM data
• subtask 15.3.3 Live load modelling
• Evaluation of existing load models
• Development of load models

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WP 15 Survey 15.3 Loading

• Subtasks
• subtask 15.3.4 Dynamic loading
• Evaluation of dynamic loading on bridge 1
• Evaluation of dynamic loading on bridge 2
• subtask 15.3.5 Experiments
• Poland
• From October 9 to 18, 2003
• ZAG PhD student from TCD
• Slovenia
• In 2004

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WP 15 Survey 15.3 Loading

• meeting in Ljubljana on August 22nd
• discussed detailed work plan, including
  experiments
• 2004 long-term experiment to record dynamic
  behaviour of a bridge under different conditions
• traffic
• before and after major repair
• a few possible bridges identified

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WP 15 Survey 15.3 Loading
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WP 15 Survey 15.4/5 Safety Assessment/Survey

• Task 15.4 - Safety Assessment
• 15.4.1 State-of-the-art report on procedures
  used
• 15.4.2 Selection of countries for detailed
  study
• 15.4.3 Comparative study of selected EU, EEA
  and CEC
• 15.4.4 Proposed safety assessment methodology
• Task 15.5 - Survey
• 15.5.1 State-of-the-art report of assessment of
  structures in selected EEA and CE countries
• 15.5.2 Guidelines for optimised assessment of
  highway structures

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WP 15 Survey Plan for Oct-Dec 2003 period

• Task 15.1 Data collection
• Dissemination of questionnaires
• Collection of questionnaires
• Beginning of compilation of results
• Task 15.2 Condition assessment
• Finishing assessment of codes and procedures
• Beginning or reorganisation of Handbook of damages

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WP 15 Survey Plan for Oct-Dec 2003 period

• Task 15.3 Loading
• Evaluation of existing procedures (cont.)
• Completion of Polish experiment
• Evaluation of available and measured WIM data
• Evaluation of dynamic loading of Polish bridge
• PhD students Nóra Áine (TCD) and Abraham Getachew
  (UCD)
• Task 15.4 Safety
• Selection of countries for detailed analysis
• Task 15.5 Survey

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SAMARIS web page

• New documents database in addition to public
  documents
• Different level of users related to UN and PW
• power users
• normal users
• sub-contractors?
• Visitors
• 2 step process of uploading