NTL Record

Title Risk-based Life-Cycle Management of Deteriorating Bridges
Record ID 67402
Personal Name
Creator
Soliman, Mohamed; Khandel, Omid; Hartell, Julie Ann
Corporate Creator Oklahoma State University. School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Corporate
Contributor
Southern Plains Transportation Center; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
Publisher Southern Plains Transportation Center
Publication Date 20190303
Language English
Abstract Bridges are subjected to continuous deterioration due to aging, mechanical stressors, and harsh environmental conditions. Among these threats, hydraulic-related ones are identified as the leading cause of bridge failure in United States. Failure or closure of the bridges can cause a significant drop in transportation system functionality and consequently leads to severe economic and social impacts. A proper maintenance and repair strategy for extending the service life of deteriorating bridges can be achieved through comprehensive risk-based approaches. Since flood frequency is expected to change as a result of global climate change, proper prediction of future flood hazard becomes an essential task. In addition, flood occurrence generally increases the rate of riverbed erosion, which causes the formation of scour and increases the risk of bridge failure. The scour formation highly depends on the type of bridge foundation and the river characteristics. This report presents an integrated probabilistic framework for quantifying the risk of bridge failure due to flood events considering climate change. An analytical model is integrated into a probabilistic simulation process to quantify the time-variant performance of bridge foundations under flood and flood induced scour. The effect of adopted global climate scenarios on the failure risk under flood exposure is also investigated.
Rosap ID dot:41982
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41982
TRT Terms Bridge foundations; Bridge management systems; Climate change; Deterioration; Failure; Floods; Forecasting; Life cycle analysis; Risk assessment; Scour; Simulation
General Subjects Climate Change; Global Climate Models (GCM); Risk
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1705973
Contract Number DTRT13-G-UTC36
Report Number SPTC15.1-12-F
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/67000/67400/67402/SPTC15.1-12_Final_Report_Soliman-Rem.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository