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Title: The Interstate-40 bridge shaker project

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10148469· OSTI ID:10148469

New Mexico State University organized an effort to perform static and dynamic damage-detection tests on the Interstate-40 bridge over the Rio Grande at Albuquerque. The opportunity was available because the 425-ft-long bridge was soon to be replaced. Sandia National Laboratories was asked to provide and operate a shaker that could exert 1000-lb peak amplitude forces for both sinusoidal and random excitations between 2 and 20 Hz. Two Sandia departments collaborated to design and build the shaker, using existing major components connected with Sandia-designed and -fabricated hardware. The shaker was installed and operated successfully for a series of five modal and sinusoidal response tests.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
10148469
Report Number(s):
SAND-94-0228; ON: DE94011409; BR: GB0103012
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English