EventsThe 18th Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications (AITA2025)
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This submission belongs to the session Session 2. Session 2 (Under 35) of the event The 18th Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications (AITA2025)
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29 Aug, 2025
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author-avatarHirotsugu Inoue
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Hiroto Tamura, Development of detection system for fatigue cracks on orthotropic steel deck using infrared thermography and inspection results, in Proceedings of The 18th Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications (AITA2025), Kobe, Hyogo, 15 September–19 September 2025, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland
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Development of detection system for fatigue cracks on orthotropic steel deck using infrared thermography and inspection results

1. Honshi-Expressway Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan
Abstract

A method for detecting fatigue cracks in the welds between the U-ribs and deck plates on the orthotropic steel deck of a road bridge by temperature measurement using infrared thermography has been developed in Japan [1]. This paper describes the development of the system for detecting fatigue cracks on an orthotropic steel deck using the temperature gap method, and the results of inspections at the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway.

Keywords
infrared thermography
bead-penetrating crack
orthotropic steel deck
temperature gap method
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