From quality control to decision-making on the management of bridges and structures: what's next?

Autor: Matos, José C., Fernandes, Sérgio Carlos Dias, Sousa, Hélder S., Coelho, Mário Rui Freitas, Teixeira, Elisabete Rodrigues, Moscoso, Yina Fernanda Muñoz, Tinoco, Joaquim Agostinho Barbosa
Přispěvatelé: Universidade do Minho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
instacron:RCAAP
Popis: The process of managing a stock of existing bridges and structures is extremely complex and challenging. At the same time, it is considered as one of the most relevant and important fields for civil engineers, involving academics, researchers, consultants, contractors, and owners. Indeed, in the recent years, several national and international R&D funded projects raised this topic, and many international associations, such as EuroStruct, IABSE& fib, started commissions and task groups on this field. This work consists on an overview of the most recent matters on this field, covering the whole cycle, from the quality control, addressing extreme events, to the decision making process. Also, it will be given a focus on the recent developments on the assessment and forecasting the performance of bridge and other structures. Finally, an overview will be made for different types of structures, specifically those related to transport infrastructures.
The authors would like to acknowledge COST TU1406 Research Project: Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level (tu1406.eu), and now, to EuroStruct – European Association for the Quality Control of Bridges and Structures (eurostruct.org). Also, they would like to acknowledge the international R&D projects SAFEWAY - GIS-based infrastructure management system for optimized response to extreme events on terrestrial transport networks (safeway-project.eu), SIRMA – Strengthening Infrastructure Risk Management in the Atlantic Area (sirma-project.eu), and the national R&D projects InfraCrit (management system for critical infrastructures) and GIIP (management system for port infrastructures).
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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