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FHWA Demonstration Project
Heat Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges


Pennsylvania Workshop


Lehigh, Pennsylvania
March 8-10, 2004


Monday, Mar. 8, 2004
12:00 noon   Registration
1:00 p.m. Opening remarks about the FHWA project
1:15 a.m. Historical perspective, types of damage, and basic concepts of heat straightening
2:15 a.m. Video on the fundamentals of heat straightening
2:45 a.m. Break
3:15 a.m. Heat Straightening Basics
4:30 p.m. adjourn
Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2004
8:00 a.m. Ultrasonic Impact Treatment Presentation
9:00 a.m. Techniques, design and management of heat straightening projects
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Behavior of steel before and after heat straightening
11:00 a.m. Ultrasonic Impact Treatment Presentation
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Behavior of steel before and after heat straightening
2:00 p.m. Break (transportation to demonstration site)
2:30 p.m. Laboratory demonstration of heat-straightening repair techniques
4:30 p.m. adjourn
Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2003
8:00 a.m. Case studies
9:30 a.m Break
10:30 a.m Question and answer period
11:30 a.m. Adjourn

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