Bridge network performance, maintenance and optimisation under uncertainty: Accomplishments and challenges

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-356

  Frangopol, Dan M ^a   Bocchini, Paolo ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

bridge maintenance; bridge network; life cycle performance; maintenance optimisation; structural deterioration; transportation network; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; BRIDGE NETWORK; LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY;

DETERIORATION; MAINTAINABILITY; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTS COMPUTING;

EID: 84855945599     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2011.563089     Document Type: Review

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