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... 5C h a p t e r 1 Society is more dependent than ever on transportation for its economic vitality and quality of life. Highways are the foremost of all transportation modes.
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... 6To independently evaluate the performance of each of these technologies in detecting bridge deck deterioration, a validation program was designed and conducted in two phases: the laboratory and field validation testing. The laboratory validation testing provided a controlled environment in which the specimen deterioration and defect parameters were known in advance and could be controlled.

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