Condition assessment of the buried utility service infrastructure

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Hao, T ^a   Rogers, C D F ^a   Metje, N ^a   Chapman, D N ^a   Muggleton, J M ^b   Foo, K Y ^a   Wang, P ^b   Pennock, S R ^c   Atkins, P R ^a   Swingler, S G ^b   Parker, J ^d   Costello, S B ^e   Burrow, M P N ^a   Anspach, J H ^f   Armitage, R J ^g   Cohn, A G ^h   Goddard, K ^b   Lewin, P L ^b   Orlando, G ^c   Redfern, M A ^c   Royal, A C D ^a   Saul, A J ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d Watershed Associates   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f JH Anspach Consulting   (United States)

^g URS/Scott Wilson   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition assessment; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; BURIED UTILITIES; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; DAILY LIVES; ESSENTIAL SERVICES; GROUND SURFACES; INFRASTRUCTURE; LATERAL STRESS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; UNDERGROUND UTILITIES; UTILITY NETWORK;

DYNAMIC LOADS; SEWAGE; STRESS RELIEF;

RATING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BURIED STRUCTURE; DISPLACEMENT; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAPPING; PIPELINE; STRESS; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84856220780     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2011.10.011     Document Type: Review

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