Comparative study of optimized and conventional bridges: Life cycle cost and environmental impact

Proceedings of the 1st US-Japan Workshop on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis and Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems - Life-Cycle Cost Analysis and Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 304, Issue , 2000, Pages 130-148

  Itoh, Yoshito ^a   Nagata, Hiroki ^a   Liu, Chunlu ^a   Nishikawa, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

BRIDGE DESIGNS; BRIDGE ENGINEERS; CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE COSTS; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE STAGES; MANAGEMENT SCHEMES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646173567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40571(304)8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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