Risk-Based Bridge Engineering

Risk-Based Bridge Engineering
Author: Khaled Mahmoud
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000727238

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.

Heat-straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders

Heat-straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders
Author: Robert J. Connor
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2008
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309099374

TRB¿s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 604: Heat-Straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders: Fatigue and Fracture Performance explores limits, based on fatigue and fracture performance, on the number of damage and repair cycles to which damaged steel bridge girders may be subjected using the heat-straightening procedure.

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Author: Mark A. Hurt
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128020849

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling provides new tactics for highway departments around the world that are faced with the dilemma of providing improved operations on a shoestring budget. Even after the much needed infrastructure funding is received, the question of which project comes first must be answered. Written by a 20-year veteran with the Kansas Department Of Transportation Bridge Office in design and in maintenance, this book provides Senior Bridge Maintenance Engineers with practical advice on how to create an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct, and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation projects, but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards. - Provides the tools and methods for building, maintaining, planning, and scheduling effective maintenance - Presents experience-based suggestions for evaluating highway bridges to determine maintenance priorities - Includes methods for evaluating all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards

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

Structural Renovation of Buildings: Methods, Details, and Design Examples, Second Edition

Structural Renovation of Buildings: Methods, Details, and Design Examples, Second Edition
Author: Alexander Newman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1260458342

Hands-on structural renovation techniques and best practices—thoroughly revised for the latest building codes This fully updated manual explains how to renovate the structure of any building. Up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with savvy advice drawn from the author's extensive experience, the book makes it easier for building professionals to plan structural improvements—and to handle unforeseen contingencies that arise during construction. The second edition of Structural Renovation of Buildings: Methods, Details, and Design Examples clearly explains the newest methods and materials used for structural repair, strengthening, and seismic rehabilitation. The case studies illustrate the practical applications of the design methods discussed and the best practices that can be used to mitigate the problems that commonly arise during renovation projects. The book: • Contains practical design methods and problem-solving techniques for structural strengthening and repairs • Explains the structural provisions of the 2018 International Existing Building Code as well as the latest specialized codes pertaining to steel, concrete, wood, and masonry renovations • Is written by a renowned structural engineer and experienced author

Constructional Steel Design

Constructional Steel Design
Author: P.J. Dowling
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 991
Release: 1992-11-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1482296705

Constructional Steel Design presents state-of-the-art knowledge on the design of steel structures. Independent of national design codes, subjects include materials aspects of steel as well as metallurgy, fatigue, corrosion, inspection, fire protection, element behaviour and strength.