ABSTRACT
Risk-based engineering is essential for the efficient asset management and safe operation of bridges. A risk-based asset management strategy couples risk management, standard work, reliability-based inspection and structural analysis, and condition-based maintenance to properly apply resources based on process criticality. This ensures that proper controls are put in place and reliability analysis is used to ensure continuous improvement. An effective risk-based management system includes an enterprise asset management or resource solution that properly catalogues asset attribute data, a functional hierarchy, criticality analysis, risk and failure analysis, control plans, reliability analysis and continuous improvement. Such efforts include periodic inspections, condition evaluations and prioritizing repairs accordingly.
This book contains select papers that were presented at the 10th New York City Bridge Conference, held on August 26-27, 2019. The volume is a valuable contribution to the state-of-the-art in bridge engineering.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |46 pages
Cable-supported bridges
chapter Chapter 1|13 pages
Risk-based evaluation of main suspension cables of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland
part |37 pages
Asset management of bridges
chapter Chapter 5|14 pages
Asset management of Honshu-Shikoku Bridges based on preventive maintenance
part |36 pages
Bridge failures
chapter Chapter 10|34 pages
Explicit collapse analysis of the Morandi Bridge using the Applied Element Method
part |43 pages
Bridge history & aesthetics
part |154 pages
Bridge performance & evaluation
chapter Chapter 14|12 pages
Strength and deformation based performance evaluation of existing bridges
chapter Chapter 15|16 pages
Effect of thermal loading on the performance of horizontally curved I-girder bridges
chapter Chapter 16|11 pages
Structural performance of continuous slab-on-steel girders bridge subjected to extreme climate loads
chapter Chapter 17|10 pages
Application of heat straightening repair of impacted highway steel bridge girders
chapter Chapter 18|13 pages
Fracture detection in steel girder bridges using self-powered wireless sensors
part |32 pages
Railway & light rail bridges
chapter Chapter 21|7 pages
Nonlinear rail-structure interaction effects for multi-frame, multi-span curved Light Rail Bridges
chapter Chapter 22|10 pages
Nonlinear analysis of the first concrete network tied arch bridge for California High-Speed Rail
part |50 pages
Bridge analysis & design