Highway bridge maintenance planning and scheduling

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Includes bibliographical references. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2016)

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 -

10.1016/B978-0-12-802069-2.00001-5 [DOI]

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