Highway bridge maintenance planning and scheduling / Mark A. Hurt, Steven D. Schrock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurt, Mark A., author.

Schrock, Steve (Steven Dale), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Maintenance and repair.

Roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Provides Bridge Maintenance Engineers with practical advice for creating an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct, and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation project[s] but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards"--Back cover.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Overview; 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; Chapter 2 - Bridge Elements and Materials; Overview

2.1 - Classification of bridge structures2.2 - Buried structures; 2.3 - Elements of span bridge structures; 2.3.1 - Substructure Elements; 2.3.1.1 - Abutments; 2.3.1.2 - Piers; 2.3.1.3 - Foundations; 2.3.2 - Superstructure Types and Elements; 2.3.2.1 - Railing; 2.3.2.2 - Decks; 2.3.2.3 - Expansion Joints; 2.3.2.4 - Bearings; 2.3.2.5 - Span Structures; 2.3.2.5.1 - Structural Slab; 2.3.2.5.2 - Beam or Girder; 2.3.2.5.3 - Rigid Frames; 2.3.2.5.4 - Truss; 2.3.2.5.5 - Arch; 2.3.2.5.6 - Complex Bridges; 2.4 - Bridge mechanics; 2.4.1 - Axial Forces - Tension; 2.4.2 - Axial Forces - Compression

2.4.3 - Forces From Transverse Loading - Bending2.4.4 - Transverse Loadings - Shear; 2.4.5 - Fracture and Fatigue; 2.5 - Bridge materials; 2.5.1 - Concrete and Reinforced Concrete; 2.5.1.1 - General Usage; 2.5.1.2 - Properties; 2.5.1.3 - Deterioration; 2.5.2 - Prestressed Concrete; 2.5.2.1 - General Usage; 2.5.2.2 - Properties; 2.5.2.3 - Deterioration; 2.5.3 - Steel; 2.5.3.1 - General Usage; 2.5.3.2 - Properties; 2.5.3.3 - Deterioration; 2.5.4 - Timber; 2.5.4.1 - General Usage; 2.5.4.2 - Properties; 2.5.4.3 - Deterioration; 2.5.5 - Other Materials; 2.5.5.1 - Stone Masonry

2.5.5.2 - Fiber-Reinforced PolymerReferences; Chapter 3 - Bridge Inspection and Evaluation; Overview; 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 inspection3.4.1 - 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; 3.6.1 - General Approach; 3.6.2 - Analysis Methodologies; 3.6.3 - Truck Loadings; 3.6.4 - Load Rating by Testing

3.6.5 - Fatigue Evaluation of Steel Bridges

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128020845

0128020849

9780128020692

0128020695