Poster 22-20

Quality Manual for Steel Bridge Fabrication

PI: Ryan J. Sherman

Co-PI(s): Lauren Stewart

Institution(s): Georgia Institute of Technology

Abstract

In any fabrication process, an undesired and often unavoidable obstacle that fabricators and owners deal with is the detection and correction of nonconformances, which is defined as an alteration in the fabrication process that results in the materials or fabricated component not meeting the requirements agreed upon in the project specifications. The objective of this research project is to investigate academic literature, unpublished research, industry knowledge, and the results from proposed experimental investigations to determine the appropriate methods to systematically detect and correct nonconformances encountered during steel bridge fabrication. To accomplish this objective, extensive literature reviews of existing data and research will be conducted, and both small- and large-scale experimental testing will be conducted. The small-scale testing will focus primarily on material testing, and the large-scale testing will focus primarily on fatigue testing. This research will result in the first draft of a standardized GDOT Steel Fabrication Quality Manual (SFQM) and new experimental data that will benefit both GDOT and the structural steel industry.

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