ABSTRACT
Maintenance, Monitoring, Safety, Risk and Resilience of Bridges and Bridge Networks contains the lectures and papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2016), held in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil, 26-30 June, 2016. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a DVD containing the full papers of 369 contributions presented at IABMAS 2016, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, eight Keynote Lectures, and 360 technical papers from 38 countries.
The contributions deal with the state-of-the-art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to all main aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management, resilience and sustainability. Major topics covered include: advanced materials, ageing of bridges, assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, composites, damage identification, design for durability, deterioration modeling, earthquake and accidental loadings, emerging technologies, fatigue, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, inspection, life-cycle performance and cost, load models, maintenance strategies, non-destructive testing, optimization strategies, prediction of future traffic demands, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, residual service life, resilience, robustness, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, structural integrity, and sustainability.
This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering as well as significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions concerning bridge maintenance, safety, serviceability, resilience, sustainability, monitoring, risk-based management, and life-cycle performance using traditional and emerging technologies for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. It will serve as a valuable reference to all involved with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and engineers from all areas of bridge engineering.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |20 pages
T.Y. Lin Lecture
part |122 pages
Keynote Lectures
part |11 pages
Mini-Symposia
part |12 pages
Bridge loading – measurement and modelling
part |12 pages
Novel techniques regarding the assessment and monitoring of bridges
part |8 pages
Smart bridge structural health monitoring
part |8 pages
Structural reliability methods for bridge safety and maintenance
part |11 pages
Rehabilitation, strengthening and management of bridges in Australia
part |16 pages
Techniques of rehabilitation and strengthening for existing bridges
part |17 pages
Research and applications in bridge health monitoring
part |11 pages
Numerical simulation based bridge safety, maintenance and management
part |9 pages
Management of major bridges for resilience, safety and maintenance
part |7 pages
Bridge foundations – structural and geotechnical aspects
part |10 pages
Advanced and innovative approaches to bridge management including risk management
part |10 pages
Special Sessions
part |6 pages
Aging road infrastructure – challenges for owners and operators
part |9 pages
European standardization of quality specifications for roadway bridges
part |6 pages
Bridges for high-speed railways
part |10 pages
Development and application of Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) technology for bridge structures
part |8 pages
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) – innovations and implementations
part |8 pages
Bridge networks maintenance, safety, reliability, resilience, and sustainability
part |11 pages
Monitoring and evaluation of railway bridges
part |8 pages
Bridge maintenance and strengthening – the Portuguese experience
part |13 pages
General Sessions
part |9 pages
Aging and deterioration modeling
part |43 pages
Assessment and evaluation
part |12 pages
Design codes
part |10 pages
Diagnostic
part |10 pages
Fatigue and fracture mechanics
part |13 pages
Field testing
part |8 pages
Foundations
part |11 pages
Health monitoring
part |12 pages
Life-cycle assessment
part |20 pages
Loading (earthquake, accidental & other)
part |8 pages
Maintenance strategies, repair and replacement
part |12 pages
Management systems
part |14 pages
New design methods
part |6 pages
Non-destructive testing
part |8 pages
Optimum design/optimization
part |7 pages
Prediction of future traffic demands
part |12 pages
Safety, reliability and serviceability
part |18 pages
Visual inspections and diagnostics