Journal
STRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING
Volume 17, Issue 11, Pages 1447-1458Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2020.1813783
Keywords
Steel bridges; visual inspection; defects; fatigue crack detection; false calls; human factors; multivariate analysis
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- Indiana Department of Transportation
- Transportation Pooled Fund Program
- office of The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD/R&E), National Defense Education Program (NDEP): BA-1 Basic Research
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This study analysed the performance data from 30 inspectors evaluating 147 specimens with fatigue cracks to identify the role of human factors in bridge inspection. Recommendations for improved training methods, procedures, and equipment were developed based on the results.
In this study, the performance data from 30 inspectors evaluating 147 specimens with fatigue cracks in representative in-situ conditions were analysed to identify the role of human factors in bridge inspection. Two performance measures, the percentage of correct detections (detection rate) and the number of false calls, were considered. The variability in both performance measures was large, and only a small amount of the variance could be explained by individual characteristics or environmental conditions. Experience, training, temperature, and inspection duration were correlated with detection rate, while no single factor was correlated with false calls. A multivariate analysis found that the number of false calls could be best estimated considering an inspector's employment sector and training, the maximum wind speed on the day of the inspection, and the use of a tape measure. Based on these results, recommendations for improved training methods, procedures, and equipment were developed.
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