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Heat Straightening Repair for Damaged Steel Bridges


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Chapter 10. Heat Straightening of Steel: Fact or Fable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Summary and Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Part III. Specifications, Guides, and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Chapter 11. Engineering Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  217
Section 1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  217
Section 2. Damage Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  217
Section 3. Material Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  220
Section 4. Design of Repair Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Section 5. Field Supervision of Repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  225
Chapter 12. Specifications for the Selection of Contractors and
the Conduct of Heat-Straightening Repairs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Selection of Contractor (or the Field Supervisor). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Tolerances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Specifications for the Conduct of Heat Straightening Repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . .  228
Chapter 13. Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Chapter 14. Nomenclature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  239
Chapter 15. Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  243
Appendix. List of Revisions and Errata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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