After recent large earthquakes, field investigations confirmed that several bridges were
severely damaged and collapsed not only due to the earthquake, as an independent …

The development of a generalised framework for assessing bridge life-cycle performance
and cost, with emphasis on analysis, prediction, optimisation and decision-making under …

In recent years, significant advances have been accomplished in the fields of modeling,
analysis, and design of deteriorating civil engineering systems, and novel approaches to life …

Infrastructure management plays an important role in sustainable development and is
essential for the evaluation of the socioeconomic feasibility of existing projects and the …

The progressive collapse of structures often causes serious casualties and property loss.
The intrinsic characteristic of progressive collapse is large-scale domino-like structural …

Visual inspections represent the most resource-expensive operation in bridge management
systems (BMSs). Consequently, their planning cannot be limited to the results of risk …

Life-cycle analysis is a systematic tool for efficient and effective service life management of
deteriorating structures. In the last few decades, theoretical and practical approaches for life …

During the past two decades, it has been generally acknowledged that life-cycle bridge
analysis can be a systematic tool to address efficient and effective bridge management …

Structural redundancy and load redistribution capacity are desirable features to ensure
suitable system performance under accidental actions and extreme events. For deteriorating …

Durch den schlechten Zustand vieler älterer Brücken und Änderungen in den Regelwerken
ergeben sich häufig Defizite bei der Nachrechnung von Bestandsbrücken nach …