Columns of workers penetrate the forest, furiously gathering as much food and supplies as they can. They are a massive army that living things know to avoid, and that few natural obstacles c... Read more
Bridges become an infrastructure problem as they get older, as de-icing salt and carbon dioxide gradually destroy the reinforced concrete. A new robot can now check the condition of these st... Read more
New Method to Rapidly Check Concrete Bridges with External Tendons – KIT Researchers Facilitate Predictive Maintenance of Infrastructure Facilities in Germany The new ResoBridge method has b... Read more
In this month’s issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catast... Read more
According to a 2009 estimate by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers, more than one in four U.S. bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While newer “smart... Read more