Advances in Bridge Maintenance, Safety Management, and Life-Cycle Performance, Set of Book & CD-ROM
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, 16-19 July 2006, Porto, Portugal - IABMAS '06
1st Edition
Published on 13. July 2006
Book
Mixed media product
1126 pages
978-0-415-40315-3 (ISBN)
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Advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance contains the papers presented at IABMAS'06, the Third International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), held in Porto, Portugal from 16 to 19 July, 2006.
All major aspects of bridge maintenance, management, safety, and cost are addressed including All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety and management are addressed including advanced materials, ageing of bridges, assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, composites, design for durability, deterioration modelling, emerging technologies, fatigue, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, innovations, inspection, load capacity assessment, loads, maintenance strategies, new technical and material concepts, non-destructive testing, optimization strategies, prediction of future traffic demands, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, residual service life, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, sustainable materials for bridges, sustainable bridges, whole life costing, among others.
This book is a major contribution to the state-of-the art in all aspects of bridge maintenance and safety, including contributions from leading experts in this area. It is a significant contribution to the process of decision making in bridge maintenance, safety, management and cost for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society.
All major aspects of bridge maintenance, management, safety, and cost are addressed including All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety and management are addressed including advanced materials, ageing of bridges, assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, composites, design for durability, deterioration modelling, emerging technologies, fatigue, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, innovations, inspection, load capacity assessment, loads, maintenance strategies, new technical and material concepts, non-destructive testing, optimization strategies, prediction of future traffic demands, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, residual service life, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, sustainable materials for bridges, sustainable bridges, whole life costing, among others.
This book is a major contribution to the state-of-the art in all aspects of bridge maintenance and safety, including contributions from leading experts in this area. It is a significant contribution to the process of decision making in bridge maintenance, safety, management and cost for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
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Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
2086 gr
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978-0-415-40315-3 (9780415403153)
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Paulo J. da Sousa Cruz | Dan M. Frangopol | Luis C. Canhoto Neves
Advances in Bridge Maintenance, Safety Management, and Life-Cycle Performance, Set of Book & CD-ROM
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, 16-19 July 2006, Porto, Portugal - IABMAS '06
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Persons
Dr. Paulo J.S. Cruz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho at Guimaraes, Portugal. He is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies. His main areas of expertise are steel and composite structures, shear connection systems, precast bridges, bridge monitoring, life-cycle analysis, inspection, maintenance, assessment and management of bridges. Paulo Cruz is an Associate Editor of Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of civil infrastructure systems.
Dr. Dan M. Frangopol is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies, both nationally and abroad. His main areas of expertise are structural reliability, structural optimization, bridge engineering, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2005 ASCE Newmark Medal, the 2004 Kajima Corporation Research Award, the 2003 ASCE Moisseiff Award and the 2001 ASCE Croes Medal. Dan Frangopol is the Founding Editor of Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of civil infrastructure systems (publisher: Taylor & Francis).
Dr. Luis C. Neves is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. His main areas of research are structural reliability, optimization, steel structures, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is author and/co-author of significant publications in life-cycle engineering applied to bridges.
Dr. Dan M. Frangopol is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies, both nationally and abroad. His main areas of expertise are structural reliability, structural optimization, bridge engineering, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2005 ASCE Newmark Medal, the 2004 Kajima Corporation Research Award, the 2003 ASCE Moisseiff Award and the 2001 ASCE Croes Medal. Dan Frangopol is the Founding Editor of Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of civil infrastructure systems (publisher: Taylor & Francis).
Dr. Luis C. Neves is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. His main areas of research are structural reliability, optimization, steel structures, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is author and/co-author of significant publications in life-cycle engineering applied to bridges.
Content
T.Y. Lin lecture: Bridge forms and aesthetics ; M.-C. Tang
Keynote lectures
Technical Contributions
Bridge management systems
Design, operation and maintenance of high speed railway bridges
Application of structural system identification methods
Long-term signal analysis for the existing bridge health monitoring systems
Damage assessment - strength and durability
Assessment, monitoring and control of bridge vibrations
Seismic and dynamic analysis
Assessment of bridge repair and strengthening
Handling uncertainty in analysis design
Probabilistic characterization and analysis of the properties of
materials used in bridges
Politics and perception in life-cycle decisions
Safety of medium and long span bridge superstructures during
the erection phases
Status and findings of current BHM applications in the world
Inspection and prediction of structural performance
Bridge inspection and monitoring
Fatigue analysis
Bridge owners benefits from probability-based assessment and
maintenance management
Reliability and risk management
Seismic design and retroffiting strategies for bridges
Bridge testing and assessment
Research needs for BHM systems of the future and benchmark studies
Integration of bridge management and bridge monitoring
Innovative developments towards improving bridge seismic safety
Soft computing in bridge engineering
Loads and testing
Smart bridge technology
Intelligent use of cathodic protection on bridges
Bridge evaluation using field testing
Business intelligence and asset management
Load and resistance assessment of railway bridges
Design and analysis
Measurement and monitoring
Bridge condition assessment using combined non-destructive testing methods
Durability performance of bridges in severe environments
Civil structural health monitoring
Repair and strengthening
Keynote lectures
Technical Contributions
Bridge management systems
Design, operation and maintenance of high speed railway bridges
Application of structural system identification methods
Long-term signal analysis for the existing bridge health monitoring systems
Damage assessment - strength and durability
Assessment, monitoring and control of bridge vibrations
Seismic and dynamic analysis
Assessment of bridge repair and strengthening
Handling uncertainty in analysis design
Probabilistic characterization and analysis of the properties of
materials used in bridges
Politics and perception in life-cycle decisions
Safety of medium and long span bridge superstructures during
the erection phases
Status and findings of current BHM applications in the world
Inspection and prediction of structural performance
Bridge inspection and monitoring
Fatigue analysis
Bridge owners benefits from probability-based assessment and
maintenance management
Reliability and risk management
Seismic design and retroffiting strategies for bridges
Bridge testing and assessment
Research needs for BHM systems of the future and benchmark studies
Integration of bridge management and bridge monitoring
Innovative developments towards improving bridge seismic safety
Soft computing in bridge engineering
Loads and testing
Smart bridge technology
Intelligent use of cathodic protection on bridges
Bridge evaluation using field testing
Business intelligence and asset management
Load and resistance assessment of railway bridges
Design and analysis
Measurement and monitoring
Bridge condition assessment using combined non-destructive testing methods
Durability performance of bridges in severe environments
Civil structural health monitoring
Repair and strengthening