Risk-Cost Optimized Maintenance Strategy for Steel Bridge Subjected to Deterioration

Autor: Le Li, Mojtaba Mahmoodian, Alireza Khaloo, Zhiyan Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 14, Iss 436, p 436 (2022)
Sustainability; Volume 14; Issue 1; Pages: 436
ISSN: 2071-1050
Popis: This paper aims to develop a deteriorated bridge maintenance strategy that ensures the safe operation of steel structures and minimizes the total risk. Five common failure modes are considered for the deteriorated bridge: flexure, shear, deflection, fatigue failure for girder, and chloride attack for the concrete deck. Time-dependent and system reliability analyses are carried out to find the probability of failure under these failure modes. Risk-cost optimization is then used to determine the maintenance strategy. This method was applied to a working example. It was found that the developed maintenance strategy can predict when, where, and what to maintain for a bridge to ensure its safe and serviceable operation during its lifespan. The proposed methodology can help structural engineers and asset managers repair and maintain bridges under deterioration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE