Bridge Designs to Reduce and Facilitate Maintenance and Repair

Bridge Designs to Reduce and Facilitate Maintenance and Repair
Author: George O. Shanafelt
Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1985
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

An attempt is made to develop a body of information on bridge design concepts and details that will lead to reduced life-cycle maintenance costs and facilitate repair procedures. This includes accessibility, material selection, corrosion protection, ease of rehabilitation, and continued bridge use during retrofit. Concepts to increase communication among design, construction, and maintenance personnel to improve maintenance are proposed. A literature review was made to gather information on bridge design concepts and details related to maintainability. Chapter 1 of this report introduces the study and chapters 2 through 5 present the engineering related concerns: accessibility, design and use of materials, corrosion protection, and designing for rehabilitation and continued use. Chapter 6 presents administrative-related concerns such as effective organizational communication. Conclusions are presented in chapter 7.

Design of Modern Highway Bridges

Design of Modern Highway Bridges
Author: Narendra Taly
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 1376
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of designing modern highway bridge superstructures. Beginning with the history of bridges, it describes various types of bridge superstructures, materials of construction, bridge loadings, and analysis techniques for various types.

Repairing Bridge Substructures

Repairing Bridge Substructures
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1995
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Road and bridge networks in OECD countries are ageing and substantial funds are needed for repair and rehabilitation. Underwater or underground damage to bridge substructures is often invisible, inaccessible, and hard to assess. A variety of measures and technologies for bridge substructures has proven practically effective despite difficult geological and environmental conditions. This report catalogs actual damage and defects of bridge substructures and provides several examples of inspection, repair, and strengthening technologies. It proposes measures to protect investment capital while insuring low operational costs. It is a resource book for policy makers and administrators responsible for bridge management. Show More Show Less

Bridge Preservation Guide

Bridge Preservation Guide
Author: U.s. Department of Transportation
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2012-10-26
Genre: Bridges
ISBN: 9781480191730

This guide provides bridge related definitions and corresponding commentaries, as well as the framework for a systematic approach to a preventive maintenance program. The goal is to provide guidance on bridge preservation. This guide is intended for Federal, State, and local bridge engineers, area engineers, bridge owners, and bridge preservation practitioners.

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations
Author: Hiroshi Yokota
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 926
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000173755

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-Cycle Sustainability and Innovations contains lectures and papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2020), held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, April 11–15, 2021. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a USB card containing the full papers of 571 contributions presented at IABMAS 2020, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 9 Keynote Lectures, and 561 technical papers from 40 countries. The contributions presented at IABMAS 2020 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of maintenance, safety, management, life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges. Major topics include: advanced bridge design, construction and maintenance approaches, safety, reliability and risk evaluation, life-cycle management, life-cycle sustainability, standardization, analytical models, bridge management systems, service life prediction, maintenance and management strategies, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and field testing, safety, resilience, robustness and redundancy, durability enhancement, repair and rehabilitation, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, and application of information and computer technology and artificial intelligence for bridges, among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on maintenance, safety, management, life-cycle sustainability and technological innovations of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including engineers, researchers, academics and students from all areas of bridge engineering.

Practical Ship Design

Practical Ship Design
Author: D.G.M. Watson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2002-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780080440545

The ever-growing demand for commercial activities at sea has meant that ships are rapidly developing and that the rules governing their construction and operation are changing. Practical Ship Design records these changes, their outcomes and the reasoning behind them. It deals with every aspect of ship design and handles a wide range of both merchant ships and naval ships with authority. It provides coverage of cargo ships and passenger ships, tugs, dredgers and other service craft. It also includes concept design, detail design, structural design, hydrodynamics design, the effect of regulations, the preparation of specifications and matters of costs and economics. Drawing on the author's extensive practical experience, Practical Ship Design is likely to interest everybody involved in the design, construction, repair and operation of ships. Students and the most experienced professionals will all benefit from the book's vast store of design data and its conclusions and recommendations.

Bridge Management

Bridge Management
Author: M. J. Ryall
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 772
Release: 2013-12-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1489972323

This volume consists of papers presented at the First International Conference on Bridge Management, held at The University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, from 28-30 March 1990.

Innovative Bridge Design Handbook

Innovative Bridge Design Handbook
Author: Alessio Pipinato
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 880
Release: 2015-11-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128004878

As known, each bridge presents a unique set of design, construction, and maintenance challenges. The designer must determine the appropriate methods and level of refinement necessary to design and analyze each bridge on a case-by-case basis. The Innovative Bridge Design Handbook: Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance encompasses the state of the art in bridge design, construction, maintenance, and safety assessment. Written by an international group of experts, this book provides innovative design approaches used in various parts of the world and explores concepts in design, construction, and maintenance that will reduce project costs and increase structural safety and durability. Furthermore, research and innovative solutions are described throughout chapters. The Innovative Bridge Design Handbook: Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance brings together the specific knowledge of a bevy of experts and academics in bridge engineering in the areas of design, assessment, research, and construction. The handbook begins with an analysis of the history and development of bridge aesthetics and design; various types of loads including seismic and wind loads are then described, together with fatigue and fracture. Bridge design based on material such as reinforced concrete, prestressed reinforced concrete, steel and composite, timber, masonry bridges is analyzed and detailed according to international codes and standards. Then bridge design based on geometry, such as arch bridges, girders, cable stayed and suspension bridges, is illustrated. This is followed by a discussion of a number of special topics, including integral, movable, highway and railway bridges, together with seismic component devices, cables, orthotropic decks, foundations, and case studies. Finally, bridge construction equipment, bridge assessment retrofit and management, bridge monitoring, fiber-reinforced polymers to reinforce bridges, bridge collapse issues are covered. - Loads including seismic and wind loads, fatigue and fracture, local effects - Structural analysis including numerical methods (FEM), dynamics, risk and reliability, innovative structural typologies - Bridge design based on material type: RC and PRC, steel and composite, timber and masonry bridges - Bridge design based on geometry: arch bridges, girders, cable stayed and suspension bridges - Special topics: integral, movable, highway, railway bridges, seismic component devices, cables, orthotropic decks, foundations - Construction including construction case studies, construction equipment, bridge assessment, bridge management, retrofit and strengthening, monitoring procedures