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Heat-Straightening
TRB Workshop #118 Agenda


Design, Techniques, and Management of Heat
Straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridges


Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Sunday, January 11, 2004 From 8:30am to 5:30pm
in Wilson C, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel


8:30 a.m. Historical perspective, types of damage, and basic concepts of heat straightening
9:30 a.m. Video on the fundamentals of heat straightening
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. Heat Straightening Basics
11:15 a.m. Techniques, design and management of heat straightening projects
12:00 noon    Lunch
1:00 p.m. Behavior of steel before and after heat straightening
2:15 p.m. LA bridge case study
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. Case studies
5:00 p.m. Question and answer period
5:30 p.m. Adjourn

Note: Participants will receive a CD Set and a Manual on Heat Straightening repairs


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