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A Stochastic Method for Condition Rating of Concrete Bridges
Bridge condition rating is used to make important decisions regarding needs assessment and budget allocation. This study analyzes the use of the fuzzy logic approach to overcome uncertainty problems associated with the bridge condition assessment process. The analysis reveals a number of practical difficulties associated with the application of the fuzzy mathematics to develop an overall bridge condition rating. An alternative probabilistic methodology to rate the bridge elements taking into account the uncertainty issue is developed. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is adopted to evaluate the structural importance of the various bridge elements. A technique is proposed to aggregate the condition rating and the structural importance of the bridge elements into an overall bridge condition rating. The developed methodology uses the detailed visual inspection results to perform bridge condition rating and blends perfectly with the popular Markov chain approach to model deterioration.
A Stochastic Method for Condition Rating of Concrete Bridges
Bridge condition rating is used to make important decisions regarding needs assessment and budget allocation. This study analyzes the use of the fuzzy logic approach to overcome uncertainty problems associated with the bridge condition assessment process. The analysis reveals a number of practical difficulties associated with the application of the fuzzy mathematics to develop an overall bridge condition rating. An alternative probabilistic methodology to rate the bridge elements taking into account the uncertainty issue is developed. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is adopted to evaluate the structural importance of the various bridge elements. A technique is proposed to aggregate the condition rating and the structural importance of the bridge elements into an overall bridge condition rating. The developed methodology uses the detailed visual inspection results to perform bridge condition rating and blends perfectly with the popular Markov chain approach to model deterioration.
A Stochastic Method for Condition Rating of Concrete Bridges
Dabous, S. Abu (author) / Alkass, S. (author)
Construction Research Congress 2010 ; 2010 ; Banff, Alberta, Canada
Construction Research Congress 2010 ; 558-567
2010-05-04
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
A Stochastic Method for Condition Rating of Concrete Bridges
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