Risk-based bridge engineering

Risk-based engineering is essential for the efficient asset management and safe operation of bridges. A risk-based asset management strategy couples risk management, standard work, reliability-based inspection and structural analysis, and condition-based maintenance to properly apply resources based on process criticality. This ensures that proper controls are put in place and reliability analysis is used to ensure continuous improvement. An effective risk-based management system includes an enterprise asset management or resource solution that properly catalogues asset attribute data, a functional hierarchy, criticality analysis, risk and failure analysis, control plans, reliability analysis and continuous improvement. Such efforts include periodic inspections, condition evaluations and prioritizing repairs accordingly. This book contains select papers that were presented at the 10th New York City Bridge Conference, held on August 26-27, 2019. The volume is a valuable contribution to the state-of-the-art in bridge engineering.

Cable-supported bridges Risk-based evaluation of main suspension cables of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland K. Mahmoud, C. Gair & H. McDonald New cable stayed bridge across Storstrømmen in Denmark B. MacAulay & E. Stoklund Larsen Hanger cable fatigue life assessment of a major suspension bridge S. Durukan & S. Soyöz Optimizing main cable dehumidification systems M.L. Bloomstine & J.F. Melén Asset management of bridges Asset management of Honshu-Shikoku Bridges based on preventive maintenance R. Uchino & N. Toyama Implementation of a bridge management system in the Ukraine L. Bodnar & M. Koval Replacement strategies of existing highway bridges in Germany M. Schumm Bridge failures Two collapses of the Ontario &Western Railway's bridge at Fish's Eddy D.F. Mazurek & K.M. Tarhini Redesign of collapsed river bridges due to flood and scour E.E. Laçin, M.C. Dönmez, A. Çiçek, ˙I.N. Çilingir & ¸S. Caculi Explicit collapse analysis of the Morandi Bridge using the Applied Element Method D. Malomo, R. Pinho, N. Scattarreggia, M. Moratti & G.M. Calvi Bridge history & aesthetics TheWalter Taylor Bridge -- Florianopolis Australis S. Rothwell Design and construction of the new Frederick Douglass …