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Highway bridge maintenance planning and scheduling /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hurt, Mark A. (Author), Schrock, Steven D. (Author)
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016.
Subjects:
Bridges > Maintenance and repair.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction
  • 1.1.Bridges in the United States
  • 1.2.Bridge Preservation Process
  • 1.3.Bridge Preservation Practices Before 1970
  • 1.4.Development of the National Bridge Inspection Standards
  • 1.5.Ongoing Changes in Practice
  • 1.5.1.Collapse of the I-35W Bridge
  • 1.5.2.Preventing the Next Failure
  • 1.5.3.Cost of Failure
  • 1.6.Managing the Bridge Preservation Process
  • 1.7.Scope and Purpose of the Text
  • References
  • 2.Bridge Elements and Materials
  • 2.1.Classification of Bridge Structures
  • 2.2.Buried Structures
  • 2.3.Elements of Span Bridge Structures
  • 2.3.1.Substructure Elements
  • 2.3.2.Superstructure Types and Elements
  • 2.4.Bridge Mechanics
  • 2.4.1.Axial Forces
  • Tension
  • 2.4.2.Axial Forces
  • Compression
  • 2.4.3.Forces From Transverse Loading
  • Bending
  • 2.4.4.Transverse Loadings
  • Shear
  • 2.4.5.Fracture and Fatigue
  • 2.5.Bridge Materials
  • 2.5.1.Concrete and Reinforced Concrete
  • 2.5.2.Prestressed Concrete
  • 2.5.3.Steel
  • 2.5.4.Timber
  • 2.5.5.Other Materials
  • References
  • 3.Bridge Inspection and Evaluation
  • 3.1.Introduction
  • 3.2.Bridge Inspection in the United States
  • 3.2.1.Types of Inspection
  • 3.2.2.Component Condition Ratings
  • 3.2.3.Appraisal Ratings
  • 3.2.4.Deficiency and Sufficiency
  • 3.2.5.Critical Findings
  • 3.2.6.Element-Level Inspection
  • 3.3.Bridge Inspections in Canada, Western Europe and South Africa
  • 3.3.1.Canada
  • 3.3.2.United Kingdom
  • 3.3.3.South Africa
  • 3.3.4.France
  • 3.3.5.Germany
  • 3.3.6.Finland
  • 3.3.7.Observations
  • 3.4.Reliability-Based Bridge Inspection
  • 3.4.1.Risk-Based Assessment
  • 3.4.2.Implementation in Indiana
  • 3.5.Inspection Techniques and Technologies
  • 3.5.1.Visual Inspections and Sounding
  • 3.5.2.Nondestructive Testing
  • Concrete
  • 3.5.3.Nondestructive Testing
  • Steel
  • 3.5.4.Sampling
  • 3.5.5.Inspecting Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
  • 3.5.6.Posttensioning Ducts
  • 3.5.7.Structural Health Monitoring
  • 3.5.8.Sonar and Underwater Inspection
  • 3.6.Load Rating
  • 3.6.1.General Approach
  • 3.6.2.Analysis Methodologies
  • 3.6.3.Truck Loadings
  • 3.6.4.Load Rating by Testing
  • 3.6.5.Fatigue Evaluation of Steel Bridges
  • 3.6.6.Programming Maintenance Actions
  • References
  • 4.Preventative Maintenance
  • 4.1.Introduction
  • 4.2.Cost Effectiveness
  • 4.3.Maintenance Inspections
  • 4.4.Bridge Decks and Expansion Joints
  • 4.4.1.Deck Drainage
  • 4.4.2.Deck Patching
  • 4.4.3.Deck and Crack Sealing
  • 4.4.4.Deck and Expansion Joint Washing
  • 4.4.5.Timber Deck Preservation
  • 4.5.Bridge Superstructure and Substructure
  • 4.5.1.Washing Superstructures
  • 4.5.2.Sealing Bearing Seats
  • 4.5.3.Bearing Device Maintenance
  • 4.5.4.Painting
  • 4.6.Bridge Substructure and Waterway
  • 4.7.Approaches and Roadways
  • 4.7.1.Driver Guidance
  • 4.7.2.Approach Settlement
  • 4.7.3.Relief Joints
  • 4.8.Recommendations
  • References
  • 5.Substantial Maintenance and Rehabilitation
  • 5.1.Introduction
  • 5.2.Assessment and Scoping
  • 5.2.1.Closing or Removing Bridges
  • 5.2.2.Level of Repair
  • 5.2.3.Design Codes and Specifications
  • 5.3.Repair Methods
  • 5.3.1.Concrete
  • 5.3.2.Steel
  • 5.4.Substantial Maintenance Actions
  • 5.4.1.Decks and Railing
  • 5.4.2.Expansion Joints
  • 5.4.3.Bearing Devices
  • 5.4.4.Steel Superstructure
  • 5.4.5.Painting Steel Structures
  • 5.4.6.Reinforced Concrete Superstructure
  • 5.4.7.Prestressed Concrete Superstructure
  • 5.4.8.Posttensioned Concrete Superstructure
  • 5.4.9.Piers and Pier Bents
  • 5.4.10.Abutments
  • 5.4.11.Culverts
  • 5.5.Rehabilitation Actions
  • 5.5.1.Deck Replacement
  • 5.5.2.Superstructure Replacement
  • 5.5.3.Bridge Widening
  • References
  • 6.Bridge Life Cycle Costing
  • 6.1.Project Scoping and Selection
  • 6.1.1.Initial Selection
  • 6.1.2.Adjusting Scope
  • 6.2.Bridge Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • 6.2.1.Inflation
  • 6.2.2.Discount Rate
  • 6.2.3.Cash Flow Diagrams
  • 6.2.4.Residual Value
  • 6.3.Determining Costs
  • 6.3.1.Agency Costs
  • 6.3.2.User Costs
  • 6.3.3.Vulnerability Costs
  • 6.3.4.Economic Costs
  • 6.4.Deterioration Rates
  • 6.5.Applying Bridge Life Cycle Costing
  • 6.5.1.BLCCA Programs
  • 6.5.2.Typical Applications of BLCCA
  • References
  • 7.Bridge Management
  • 7.1.Contemporary History of Bridge Management
  • 7.1.1.Before the NBIS
  • 7.1.2.Definition of Bridge Management
  • 7.1.3.Level of Service
  • 7.1.4.BMS Software
  • 7.1.5.Asset Management
  • 7.2.Project and Program Selection
  • 7.2.1.Priority Ranking
  • 7.2.2.Programming Maintenance Work
  • 7.2.3.Priority Indexing
  • 7.3.Experiences from the Kansas Department of Transportation
  • 7.3.1.Commitment to Bridge Preservation
  • 7.3.2.Coordination Between Bridge Inspection and Design
  • References.