Concrete bridge prioritization system

An alternative method of prioritization for concrete bridge maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation activities is required due to the inability of the current system to manage the increasing numnber of aging concrete bridges. The Concrete Bridge Prioritization System was proposed because of its ability to address the critical technical parameters of safety and cost benefit in prioritization of funding and work allocation. The analysis includes four parts, service life assessment, service life extension, cost calculation, and prioritization. The system combines these parts to optimize consideration of the technical parameters. A systems engineering approach to the investigation and design of the Concrete Bridge Prioritization System is included.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Systems Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Systems Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1995

Author dc:creator

• Kesselring, Debbie Anne

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Thangjitham, Surot

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Drew, Donald R.
• Alfieri, Paul A.

• aging bridges

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-06112009-063545

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43167