Priority ranking towards condition assessment of existing reinforced concrete bridges

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-89

  Sasmal, S ^a   Ramanjaneyulu, K ^a   Lakshmanan, N ^a  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Closest Discrete Pair wise (CDP) matrix; Comparison matrix; Condition ranking; Decision scale; Eigenvalue solution; Fuzzy synthesis; Prioritization; Real Continuous Pair wise (RCP) matrix

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; THEOREM PROVING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BRIDGE ENGINEERS; BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; CASE STUDIES; CODAL PROVISIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONDITION ASSESSMENT (CA); DECISION MAKING TOOLS; EVALUATION CRITERIONS; PRIORITIZATION; PRIORITY RANKING; REHABILITATION (CONSTRUCTION); REINFORCED CONCRETE (RC) BRIDGES; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENTS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY;

BRIDGES;

EID: 48249114770     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470500473549     Document Type: Article

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