Ebook: Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges : Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2018), 9-13 July 2018, Melbourne, Australia

"Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance Of Bridges contains lectures and papers presented at The Ninth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2018), held in Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2018. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a USB cardcontaining the full papers of 396 contributions presented at IABMAS 2018, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, ten Keynote Lectures, and 385 technical papers from 40 countries.The contributions presented at IABMAS 2018 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance. Major topics include: new design methods, bridge codes, heavy vehicle and load models, bridge management systems, prediction of the future traffic models, service life prediction, residual service life, sustainability and life-cycle assessments, maintenance strategies, bridge diagnostics, health monitoring, non-destructive testing, field testing, safety and serviceability, assessment and evaluation, damage identification, deterioration modelling, repair and retrofitting strategies, bridge reliability, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, advanced experimental simulations, advanced computer simulations, among others.This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of the bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of making more rational decisions on bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and engineers from all areas of bridge engineering."--Provided by publisher.  Read more...