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Welcome to the IHSDM Frequently Asked Questions page. This is the starting point for information regarding the capabilities of this software, its most effective uses, and how to deploy it.
Acronyms/Abbreviations
The following acronyms/abbreviations are used in the FAQs below.
The following FAQs will help you to download and install the IHSDM software.
Contact your Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) for all Masterworks issues. They will submit your request, question, or recommendation to the appropriate Service Desk, Component Lead, or...
For decades, nondestructive evaluation (NDE) has been an essential part of the extraordinary quality and performance achieved in modern steel bridges. Steel bridges have evolved with the use of new materials and fabrication practices, but the NDE methodologies deployed have generally remained the same. The goal of this umbrella topic is to capitalize on the many opportunities to improve fabrication practices with new and improved NDE for measurement and inspection.
Two NDE Roadmap working groups were established in March 2020 under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Fabrication and Inspection of Metal Structures (AKC70) and the Standing Committee on Testing and...
Building Information Modeling (BIM), as applied to highway infrastructure (BIM for Infrastructure), is a collaborative work method for structuring, managing, and using data and information about transportation assets throughout their lifecycle. Managing data involves creating data (i.e.,...
The J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory would like to invite you to take an interactive, 360-degree tour of our state-of-the art research facility, where you will be introduced to our Multifunctional and Force Balance Flumes, robotics, advanced computer modeling, and other test...
Use .csv files with the FlexMAT™ Rutting v2.1 analysis tool to successfully perform the asphalt pavement rutting analysis. This set of files includes an expanded MERRA2 temperature database from 2,798 locations across the United States, and 20 years (1996–2015) of temperature information....
FlexMAT Rutting v2.1.1
FlexMAT™ for Rutting is an Excel-based analysis tool for characterizing rutting of asphalt pavement mixtures from AMPT test results. This includes analyzing the AMPT stress sweep rutting (SSR) test results (AASHTO TP134) to provide shift permanent deformation...