Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Cost

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, 18-22 October 2004, Kyoto, Japan; Set of Book and CD-ROM
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-5809-680-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1004 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1942 g

Reihe: Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management

This set of book of abstracts (1004 pp) and searchable full-paper CD-ROM (>3000 pp) set contains over 350 contributions by international experts that were presented at the Second International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance in Kyoto, Japan, 2004. All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management and cost are addressed, including assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, durability, deterioration modeling, emerging technologies, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, inspection, loads, maintenance strategies, new technical and material concepts, nondestructive testing, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, and whole life costing, among others. A valuable contribution to the process of making better and more rational decisions in bridge maintenance, safety management and cost for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society intended for researchers and professionals in bridge, structural, geotechnical and construction engineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watanabe, Eiichi

Frangopol, Dan M.

Utsunomiya, Tomoaki

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Brückenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Asset management of infrastructures Life cycle maintenance models Total asset management Reliability and risk management New trends in bridge management Bridge management systems in operation Bridge management systems Measurement and monitoring Safety of bridges subjected to extreme loading events Dynamics and field testing of bridges Cable-stayed bridges: case studies Case studies Bridge testing and assessment Loads and testing Strenghtening of existing bridges Repair and strenghtening Structural retrofit to wind-induced vibration Seismic analysis and retrofitting Structural health monitoring of bridges - sponsored by IASC, International Association for Structural Control Bridge health monitoring Railway bridge rehabilitation Political and other societal issues of life-cycle costing Experience with probability-based assessment of bridges Implemented probability-based maintenance management of bridges in Denmark The European funded research programme: toward knowledge integration Monitoring-based maintenance for bridge management and safety Bridge assessment: some Italian studies Inspection and prediction of structural performance Identification, modeling, analysis and control of uncertainties in design of large span bridges High-performance materials for bridges Bridge scour Safety of box grinder bridges Emerging strategies for durability analysis and service life assessment of bridges Damage assessment - strength, durability and fatigue Design and analysis