Bridge Retrofit Laser System. Highway IDEA Project 153.

摘要

This project has developed an advanced laser measurement system to accelerate the bridge retrofit process in order to reduce the time between identification of repair needs to resumption of service for a bridge. A unique laser system precisely measures sections of a bridge structure involved in a retrofit process. Measurements are processed to produce CAD design drawings of needed retrofit parts that can be automatically sent to a fabricator. The system uses a laser measurement system with features that cannot be found in other commercially available equipment. These features allow the system to provide data that is much more accurate than conventional methods and allows completely new types of information to be collected.