Proposed guideline for reliability-based bridge inspection practices /

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 782: Proposed Guideline for Reliability-Based Bridge Inspection Practices presents a proposed guideline for reliability-based bridge inspection practices and provides two case studies of the application of the proposed gui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Washer, Glenn A. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Cooperative Highway Research Program (sponsoring body.), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2014.
Series:	Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 782.
Subjects:	Bridges > Inspection. Bridges > Risk assessment. Reliability (Engineering)

Table of Contents:

part I. Proposed guideline for reliability-based bridge inspection practices
Summary
definitions
chapter 1. Introduction
chapter 2. Reliability assessment of bridge elements
chapter 3. Determination of inspection interval and scope
chapter 4. Establishing an RBI program
References
appendix A. Guideline for evaluating the occurrence factor
appendix B. Guideline for evaluating the consequence factor
appendix C. Guideline for determining the inspection interval
appendix D. Inspection technologies
appendix E. Attribute index and commentary
appendix F. Illustrative examples
part II. Final research report : developing reliability-based inspection practices
Summary
chapter 1. Background
chapter 2. Research approach
chapter 3. Findings and applications
chapter 4. Conclusions, recommendations, and suggested research
References
Abbreviations
appendix A. Developing reliability-based inspection practices : Oregon pre-stressed bridges
appendix B. Texas steel bridge attributes summary
appendix C. Controlling damage modes for sample bridges.