Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Life-cycle Performance and Cost: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Porto, Portugal, 16-19 July 2006Paulo J. S. Cruz, Dan M. Frangopol, Luis C. Neves With contributions from leading experts, this book addresses all major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, and management and delineates the state of the art in bridge maintenance and safety. It offers advice for decision making in bridge maintenance, safety, management, and cost for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. Topics include deterioration modeling, emerging technologies, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high-performance materials, innovations, load capacity assessment, maintenance strategies, new technology and materials, nondestructive testing, future traffic demands, reliability and risk, sustainable materials, whole-life costing, and more. |
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... effect . The first one filters out the temperature effect from measured data so that the engineer can analyze data without considering the influence of temperature . The other one attempts to figure out the change of a structural system ...
... effect . The first one filters out the temperature effect from measured data so that the engineer can analyze data without considering the influence of temperature . The other one attempts to figure out the change of a structural system ...
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... effect of strong winds . The finite element model of a typical one span cable - stayed bridge is developed in this study ( Fig . 1 ) . In order to study the effect of wind on vehicles , box structures made of shell elements are used to ...
... effect of strong winds . The finite element model of a typical one span cable - stayed bridge is developed in this study ( Fig . 1 ) . In order to study the effect of wind on vehicles , box structures made of shell elements are used to ...
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... effect of the GFRP and the adhesive and of only the adhesive is shown . 1 INTRODUCTION The effect of GFRP on the fatigue strength of a welded joint is described in this study . The target welded joint in this study is a web - gusset ...
... effect of the GFRP and the adhesive and of only the adhesive is shown . 1 INTRODUCTION The effect of GFRP on the fatigue strength of a welded joint is described in this study . The target welded joint in this study is a web - gusset ...
Contents
Protection of our bridge infrastructure against manmade and natural hazards | 13 |
J R Casas | 31 |
Shinozuka Y Zhou S Banerjee Y Murachi | 47 |
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