Bridge owners and designers were invited to a TRB webinar on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM ET. This webinar identified and compared several advanced performance structural materials that may be used on bridges. Material options that enhance the performance and durability of bridges have increased over the years, many of which may be broadly implemented on various bridges.
This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committees on Concrete Bridges and Structural Fiber Reinforced Polymers.
The slides are available. Contact TRB webinar for a copy of the recorded webinar.
Webinar Presenters
- Matt Chynoweth, Michigan Department of Transportation
- William Potter, Florida Department of Transportation
- Tony Nanni, University of Miami
- Kyle Riding, University of Florida
Moderated by: Steven Nolan, Florida Department of Transportation
Webinar Outline
- Introduction
- Carbon fiber reinforced polymer Prestressed Concrete (PC) design guidance and standards
- High-strength stainless steel-PC design guidance and standards
- Ultra-high performance concrete design guidance and standards
- Fiber-reinforced polymer-RC design guidance and standards
- Life-cycle cost analysis strategies
- Question and answer session
The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- List four new advanced structural materials for concrete bridge applications
- Describe the benefits of each advanced structural material
- Describe the challenges of implementing these structural materials
Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For approved webinars, TRB’s webinar program awards Registered Continuing Education Provider (RCEP) Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits associated with participation only to the registered individual and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To receive PDH credits, please register as an individual and sign into the webinar from your personal computer. After doing this, you may join your group in a meeting room. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
In addition, advance registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk (MyTRB@nas.edu) for assistance in signing in.
Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
This webinar was developed in March 2019. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.
This Summary Last Modified On: 11/5/2021