Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Bridges
ISBN :
Author : U.s. Department of Transportation
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 16,23 MB
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : 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.
Author : Mark A. Hurt
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128020695
Highway departments around the world are faced with the dilemma of providing improved operations on a "shoe string 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. Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling provides Senior Bridge Maintenance Engineers or "Senior Squad Leaders", practical advice for creating an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation project but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity and unit-cost standards. Provides the tools and methods for building and maintaining and effective maintenance planning and scheduling organization Provides experience-based suggestions for evaluating highway bridges and determining maintenance priorities Methods for evaluating all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity and unit-cost standards.
Author : A.S. Nowak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400921535
Evaluation, repair and rehabilitation of bridges are increasingly important topics in the effort to deal with the deteriorating infrastructure. For example, in the United States about 40 percent of the nation's 570,000 bridges are classified, according to the Federal Highway Administra tion's (FHW A) criteria, as deficient and in need of rehabilitation and replacement. In other countries the situation is similar. FHW A estimates the cost of a bridge replacement and reha bilitation program at 50 billion dollars. The major factors that have contributed to the present situation are: the age, inadequate maintenance, increasing load spectra and environmental contamination. The deficient bridges are posted, repaired or replaced. The disposition of bridges involves clear economical and safety implications. To avoid high costs of replacement or repair, the evaluation must accurately reveal the present load carrying capacity of the struc ture and predict loads and any further changes in the capacity (deterioration) in the applicable time span. Accuracy of bridge evaluation can be improved by using the recent developments in bridge diagnostics, structural tests, material tests, structural analysis and probabilistic methods. There is a need for an international exchange of advanced experience to increase the research effi ciency. The Workshop is organized on the premise that the exchange of existing American and European experience in the area of bridge evaluation, repair and rehabilitation is beneficial for both parties involved.
Author : Parsons Brinckerhoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release : 1993-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0471532622
More than a third of America's bridges are considered substandard--either structurally deficient, functionally obsolete or both. Offers first-rate, practical guidance regarding the inspection and rehabilitation of aging bridge infrastructure including all elements involving structure, various materials and design types. Features seismic retrofit and coverage of environmental issues. Each chapter is written by an authority on the subject. Contains top-quality, detailed line illustrations plus photographs of actual rehab projects.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,61 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (2007- )
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures
Publisher : AASHTO
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Bridges
ISBN : 1560514965
Author : Tulio Nogueira Bittencourt
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1351801368
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.
Author : Katherine Siggerud
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2009-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437909604
The Aug. 1, 2007, collapse of a Minnesota bridge raised nationwide questions about bridge safety and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation¿s prioritization of bridge resources. The Highway Bridge Program (HBP), the primary source of fed. funding for bridges, provided over $4 billion to states in FY 2007. This testimony addresses: (1) how states use HBP funds and select bridge projects for funding; (2) what data indicate about bridge conditions and the HBP¿s impact; and (3) the extent to which the HBP aligns with fed. laws and regulations for re-examining surface transportation programs. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
