ABSTRACT

This book and CD-ROM set contains papers from over thirty countries presented at the Second International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance in Kyoto, Japan, 2004. All major aspects of bridge maintenance systems are addressed, including new techniques and methodological approaches, emerging technology in equipment and materials, and advances in technical and material concepts.



Technical Contributions





  • 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 - strenght, durability and fatigue


  • Design and analysis