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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-04-124
Date: April 2005

Lab & Field Testing of AUT Systems for Steel Highway Bridges

8. REFERENCES

  1. AASHTO/AWS D1.5M/D1.5: 2002 Bridge Welding Code, An American National Standard, American Welding Society.
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  3. Jonas, P.G. and Scharosch, D.L., Ultrasonic Inspection of Butt Welds in Highway Bridges, Report No. CA-HY-MR-6210-1-72-36, California Department of Transportation, 1972.
  4. DeNale, R. and Lebowitz, C.A., "Detection and Disposition Reliability of Ultrasonics and Radiography for Weld Inspection," Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 9, 1990.
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  7. Shenefelt, G.A., "Ultrasonic Testing: Requirements of the AWS 1969 Building Code and Bridge Specifications," Welding Journal, May 1971.
  8. AWS D1.1: Structural Welding Code―Steel, American Welding Society.
  9. Serabian, S., Reliability of Ultrasonic Weld Interrogation Methods, Report No. DOT-RC-92014, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1980.
  10. Thavasimuthu, M.; Hemamalini, R.; Subramanian, C.V.; Jayakumar, T.; Kalyanasundaram, P.; and Raj, B., "Detectability of Misoriented Defect by Ultrasonic Examinations―A Few Observations," Insight, Vol. 40, No. 11, 1998.
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  13. ASTM E1961-98: 1998 Standard Practice for Mechanized Ultrasonic Examination of Girth Welds Using Zonal Discrimination With Focused Search Units, The ASTM Standard Test Method, American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA.
  14. Komsky, I.N. and Achenbach, J.D., "A Computerized Imaging System for Ultrasonic Inspection of Steel Bridge Structures," Structural Materials Technology: An NDT Conference, eds. Hartbower, P.E. and Stolarski, P.J., San Diego, CA, 1996.
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