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Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory

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Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Roadmap Steel: Fabrication Quality Assurance (QA)

For decades, nondestructive evaluation (NDE) has been an essential part of the extraordinary quality and performance achieved in modern steel bridges. Steel bridges have evolved with the use of new materials and fabrication practices, but the NDE methodologies deployed have generally remained the same. The goal of this umbrella topic is to capitalize on the many opportunities to improve fabrication practices with new and improved NDE for measurement and inspection.

Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Roadmap

NDE Roadmap Working Groups

Two NDE Roadmap working groups were established in March 2020 under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Fabrication and Inspection of Metal Structures (AKC70) and the Standing Committee on Testing and...

Laboratory Equipment

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Advanced Sensing Technology (FAST) NDE Laboratory houses state-of-the-art NDE equipment to support FHWA’s strategic vision and to provide training to stakeholders who maintain and manage transportation infrastructure such as bridges, pavements,...

Publications and Articles

Public Roads Articles

  • Nondestructive Evaluation of Concrete Bridge Deck with Overlays”, Public Roads, FHWA-HRT- 23-001; Vol. 86 No. 3, Autumn 2022.
  • “How 10 States Use, Evaluate, and Implement Nondestructive Evaluation Technology”, Public Roads, FHWA-HRT-21-004; Vol. 85...

Ongoing Projects

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Advanced Sensing Technology (FAST) Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory is carrying out several new research concepts within its research program. Projects are largely determined based on the...

Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory Completed Projects

Since 2008, the following projects have been completed by the Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory:

The Evaluation of Section Loss Due to Corrosion in Single and Multiplate Gusset Connections Using Nondestructive Technologies (NDT) provided an initial examination...