the BEAST MEET BRIDGE ENGINEERING EXPERT DR. FRANKLIN MOON
Bridges need to stand up to lots of stress. Heavy truck loads. Swings in temperature. Water. Salt and other corrosive chemicals. Now many of America’s 600,000 or so bridges are aging. Some must be replaced. Others can be repaired. Still others need ongoing maintenance.
Many new materials and ideas can improve the country’s bridge system. The tricky part is figuring out which ones to use. That’s where the BEAST comes in. It’s the Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey. The BEAST was developed by the Center for Advanced about the BEAST and other trends in bridge engineering.
