Inspection and Evaluation of Bridge Steel Superstructures (Part IV)
Credits: 4 PDH
PDH Course Description:
The Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Inspector’s Reference Manual (BIRM) is a comprehensive manual on programs, procedures, and techniques for inspecting and evaluating a variety of in-service highway bridges. BIRM serves as the basis of a comprehensive National Highway Institute training program in bridge-safety inspection. The present course is based on BIRM’s Sections 8.7-9, Steel Superstructures, and discusses steel 1) eyebars, 2) arches, and 3) rigid frames.Topics:
- Design characteristics of eyebars, arches, and rigid frames
- Manufacture of eyebars, including forging, pressing, boring, and heat treating
- Types of arch bridges: deck, through, and tied
- K-Frames and delta frames
- Floor systems
- Identification of primary and secondary members
- Packing and spacers for eyebars
- Types of stiffeners
- Common defects of eyebars, arches, and rigid frames
- Fatigue prone details
- Fracture critical members
- Inspection procedures
- Inspection locations for forge zone, alignment, weldments, turnbuckles, bearing areas, shear zones, and flexure zones
- Fracture critical members
- Inspection areas that trap water and debris and that are exposed to drainage and to traffic
- Element-level condition-state assessment
To take this course:
1.) Enroll in Course:
2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:
Download the Study Guide (Part 1)
Download the Study Guide (Part 2)
Download the Study Guide (Part 3)
3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.
Take the final exam
4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.
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Intended Audience: primarily for civil, construction, and structural engineers, and would be of particular interest to consulting engineers or to engineers serving in government organizations concerned with the safety of bridges.
Publication Source: US DOT (Federal Highway Administration)
Print the Certificate of Completion
Intended Audience: primarily for civil, construction, and structural engineers, and would be of particular interest to consulting engineers or to engineers serving in government organizations concerned with the safety of bridges.
Publication Source: US DOT (Federal Highway Administration)
Mark Rossow PhD, PE (retired)