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Traffic-Based Condition Assessment and Fatigue-Life Predictions for a Highway Bridge

Pai, Sai Ganesh S.  
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Nussbaumer, Alain
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Smith, Ian F. C.  
Soules, Jg
2017
Structures Congress 2017: Business, Professional Practice, Education, Research, And Disaster Management
Structures Congress

Most civil infrastructure today was built during the second half of 20th century and is nearing the end of its service life. With increasing infrastructure demand that cannot be met with current resources for new supply, replacement of all aging infrastructure is an unsustainable solution. Asset management decisions such as repair, improvement and extension of existing infrastructure are enhanced through monitoring since most structures have much reserve capacity. Recent advances in sensing and computing technology enables multiple-model data interpretation for structural identification and capacity prediction. In this paper, the application of error-domain model falsification for fatigue-life prediction is presented when data from a weigh-in-motion station and strain gauges is available. The application of this methodology is illustrated on a highway steel-concrete composite bridge having four spans with a total length of 219.8m. It is concluded that a reduction in uncertainty is justified and this leads to longer predictions of remaining fatigue life. This methodology enables condition assessment and fatigue-life prediction without interrupting the functionality of the bridge.

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conference paper
Web of Science ID

WOS:000404057500036

Author(s)
Pai, Sai Ganesh S.  
Nussbaumer, Alain
Smith, Ian F. C.  
Editors
Soules, Jg
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Amer Soc Civil Engineers

Publisher place

New York

Published in
Structures Congress 2017: Business, Professional Practice, Education, Research, And Disaster Management
ISBN of the book

978-0-7844-8042-7

Total of pages

11

Start page

431

End page

441

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Structures Congress

Denver, CO

APR 06-08, 2017

Available on Infoscience
July 10, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/139179
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