Bridge Management: Inspection, Maintenance, Assessment and Repair

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Management systems......Page 13
1 The Centenary of the Forth Rail Bridge (1890-1990)......Page 14
2 Bridge Management-An Overview......Page 25
3 Implementation of Bridge Management and Maintenance Systems (BMMS) in Europe and the Far East......Page 34
4 Management of the Bridge Stock of a UK County for the 1990s......Page 44
5 Bridge Management within the Swedish National Road Administration......Page 55
6 Local Agency Experience with the Utilization of Bridge Management Systems in Finland and the United States......Page 65
7 The Pennsylvania Bridge Management System......Page 76
8 Data Information System for Structures: DISK......Page 89
9 Optimization of Bridge Maintenance Appropriations with the Help of a Management System-Development of a Bridge Management System in Finland......Page 99
10 Highway Bridge Management......Page 110
11 Bridge Management in Cyprus......Page 118
Maintenance strategies......Page 132
12 Bridge Rehabilitation: Department of Transport’s Fifteen-Year Strategy......Page 133
13 Comparative Maintenance Costs of Different Bridge Types......Page 141
14 Programmed Maintenance of Motorway Bridges: Italian Experience in the use of ‘Expert Systems’......Page 149
15 Engineering Management of the Tamar Bridge......Page 162
16 Modelling and Predicting Bridge Repair and Maintenance Costs......Page 174
17 Bridge Operation and Maintenance Costs......Page 185
18 Clifton Suspension Bridge: An Historic Monument that Earns its Keep......Page 190
19 A Systematic Approach to Future Maintenance......Page 199
20 Management of Bridgeworks Maintenance in the UK......Page 207
Protection......Page 213
21 Crack Bridging by Surface Treatments to Concrete......Page 214
22 Keeping Water Out of Concrete-The Key to Durability......Page 223
23 Reinforced Concrete Bridge Protection in Northern Ireland......Page 237
24 Rebar Corrosion-FBECR: The Fight to Cure the Problem......Page 243
Inspection and monitoring......Page 261
25 Experiences with the First Generation of Prestressed Concrete Bridges in Germany......Page 262
26 Movable Bridge Machinery Inspection and Rehabilitation Charles Birnstiel......Page 270
27 Application of Radar and Thermography to Bridge Deck Condition Surveys......Page 279
28 Inspection Based Reliability Updating for Fatigue of Steel Bridges......Page 292
29 Diagnostic Dynamic Testing of Bridges on Brenner Motorway......Page 300
30 Experience with the Management of Cable Stayed Bridges in Korea......Page 310
31 Performance Monitoring of Glued Segmental Box Girder Bridges......Page 320
32 Remote Computer-Aided Bridge Performance Monitoring......Page 332
33 Inspection and Repair of some Highway Bridges in Italy......Page 343
34 Inspection and Strength Evaluation of Concrete Highway Bridges in Czechoslovakia......Page 353
35 Prestressing with Fibre Composite Materials and Monitoring of Bridges with Sensors......Page 364
Assessment and evaluation......Page 373
36 Bridge Capacity Assessment and Control of Posting, Permit and Legal Vehicle Loads......Page 374
37 The Use of Reliability Analysis in the Assessment of Existing Bridges......Page 383
38 Strength Assessment Methods for Concrete Bridges......Page 396
39 Assessment of Stresses in Post-Tensioned ConcreteBridges......Page 404
40 Assessment of Prestressed Bridge Beams......Page 412
41 Fatigue Assessment of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks......Page 422
42 Assessment and Rehabilitation of Suspension Bridges......Page 436
43 Structural Assessment of a Bridge with Transversal Cracks......Page 449
44 Reliability Analysis Applied to Deteriorating Bridge Structures......Page 459
45 Computer-Aided Sketching of Load paths: An Approach to the Analysis of Multi-span Arch Bridges......Page 470
46 The Assessment of Masonry Arch Bridges-The Effects of Defects......Page 478
47 Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Railway Bridges Dating from 1856 to 1895......Page 486
48 Structural and Material Damage to Concrete Highway Bridge Decks in Saudi Arabia......Page 502
49 Traffic Load Simulation Programme......Page 516
50 Canada’s Advanced National Standard on Bridge Evaluation......Page 527
51 Serviceability Assessment of Masonry Arch Bridges Using Vibration Tests......Page 536
52 Assessing the Dynamic Properties of Existing Bridge Structures by Hammer Testing......Page 545
53 Serviceability Performance of a Steel Highway Bridge......Page 556
54 Monitoring of Traffic Induced Strain in the Steel Reinforcement of a Concrete Bridge Deck......Page 567
Repair and Rehabilitation......Page 579
55 Cracks in Steel Orthotropic Decks......Page 580
56 An Analysis of the Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams Following Deterioration and Repair......Page 591
57 An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Silane for Reducing Corrosion Activity in a Chloride-Contaminated Reinforced Concrete Bridge Structure......Page 602
58 Bridge Strengthening Using Load Relieving Techniques......Page 615
59 The Integrated Construction and Conversion of Single and Multiple Span Bridges......Page 625
60 Inspection and Rehabilitation of Steel Trusses for Highway Bridges......Page 640
61 The Renovation of a Victorian Swing Bridge......Page 649
62 Cost-Effective Strategies in Bridge Management......Page 657
63 Tension Drop in Cable-Band Bolts on Suspension Bridges......Page 667
64 The Design of a Flexible Surface Mix for Use at Bridge Expansion Joints......Page 677
65 The Repair of a Composite Concrete-Steel Bridge......Page 687
66 Hydrodemolition-A Modern Technique of Concrete Removal in Bridge Repair......Page 705
67 Aluminium Extrusion Bridge Rehabilitation System......Page 719
Index of Contributors......Page 727
Subject Index......Page 730