Evaluation of Condition States of Bridge Elements Based on the Intensity of Different Damage Types

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2012-10-19

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Akgül, Ferhat

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Transportation infrastructure facilities are the essential components for the continuous development of the economics and community well-being of any country. Maintaining such facilities at all times is a difficult task for service authorities. To assist in conducting such a task, bridge management systems (BMSs) have been developed for effective asset management. This paper presents a novel technique for evaluation of condition states of elements based on the intensity of different damage types. Damages of element types are expressed by the so-called weight factors which are named as the Maximum Impact Factor (MIF) and the Distribution Factor (DF) which are selected from a pre-defined set of criteria based on expert judgment. The impact factor indicates the effects of different damage types on the condition state of an element, whereas the distribution factor indicates the effect of intensity of certain type of damage on the condition state of an element. For a four-condition state system, two separate damages, both beings in the fourth state with different DFs, will have different effects on the condition state of an element. An application example is provided for evaluation of the condition state of an element in an existing bridge.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73328

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10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (17 - 19 Ekim 2012)

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F. Akgül, “Evaluation of Condition States of Bridge Elements Based on the Intensity of Different Damage Types,” presented at the 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (17 - 19 Ekim 2012), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/73328.