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FHWA Demonstration Project
Heat Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges*

Maine Workshop

Workshop Schedule

*Including Ultrasound Impact Treatment Demonstration to Arrest Fatigue Cracks
and Improve Fatigue Life

The workshop will be held beginning at the MaineDOT Division 6 Headquarters, bottom floor. The classroom segment of the workshop will be held the afternoon of May 19 and the morning of May 21, The practical segment of the workshop will be held at the Maine DOT Maintenance Lot facility approximately 5 miles away.

Monday, May 19, 2003 Classroom -
12:30 p.m.	Registration
1:00 p.m.	Opening remarks about the FHWA project
1:15 p.m.	Historical perspective, types of damage, and basic concepts of heat straightening.
2:15 p.m.	Video on the fundamentals of heat straightening.
2:45 p.m.	Coffee break
3:00 p.m.	Heat straightening basics
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Lab - MDOT Dunstan Maintenance Lot
8:30 a.m.	Case Study (To be announced)
10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Additional case studies
11:45 a.m.	Ultrasonic impact treatment
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Laboratory demonstration of ultrasonic impact treatment
3:00 p.m.	Laboratory demonstration of heat-straightening repair techniques
4:30 p.m.	Question & answer period
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 Classroom -
8:00 a.m.	Techniques, design and management of heat straightening repairs
9:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
9:45 a.m.	Behaviour of steel before and after heat straightening
11:00 a.m.	Adjourn