Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’

Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’

The Dames Point Bridge spans a river in Jacksonville, Fla. Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYEvery bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked under girders, and soil packed around foundations below the waterline. A bridge can look fine from the road while rust spreads around steel hidden inside concrete. A small fatigue crack can lengthen. A flood can wash soil away from a pier. By the time cracks, loos…

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Alex Krasnok, Florida International University Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked under girders, and soil packed around foundations below the waterline. A bridge can look fine from the road while rust spreads around steel hidden inside concrete. A small fatigue crack can lengthen. A flood can wash […] The post Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structu…