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Following an earthquake, the performance of highway bridges is a major concern. Innovative methods have been developed for near real-time damage assessment of highway bridges using remote sensing technology. Bridge Hunter produces a catalogue of key bridge attributes and images from a range of airborne and satellite sensors. Bridge Doctor assesses the damage state of bridges by evaluating changes between images acquired before and after an earthquake.

English

p 16

2007-5

TR News

Print

Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Emergency management; Highway bridges; Loss and damage; Remote sensing

Damage assessment

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Jul 23 2007 3:34PM

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