Computational & Technology Resources
an online resource for computational,
engineering & technology publications
Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 62
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B. Kumar and B.H.V. Topping
Paper I.2

Development of a Bridge Management System for Existing Bridges

A. Miyamoto, K. Nakamura and H. Nakamura

Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
A. Miyamoto, K. Nakamura, H. Nakamura, "Development of a Bridge Management System for Existing Bridges", in B. Kumar, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Artificial Intelligence Applications in Civil and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 7-21, 1999. doi:10.4203/ccp.62.1.2
Abstract
Recently, the rehabilitation of bridges has become a major social concern because the deterioted bridges have increased in Japan. Thus the necessity of developing a practical bridge management system points out. The present study is an attempt to develop a new bridge management system (J-BMS) for deteriorated concrete bridges. The proposed J-BMS not only evaluates the performance of bridges but also offers the rehabilitation strategy based on a combination of maintenance cost minimization and quality maximization. Furthermore, application to existing concrete bridges is presented so as to demonstrate the validity of the proposed bridge management system.

purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20)

go to the previous paper
go to the next paper
return to the table of contents
return to the book description
purchase this book (price £50 +P&P)