Bridge deterioration models to support Indiana’s bridge management system.

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• Creators:
  Moomen, Milhan ; Qiao, Yu ; Agbelie, Bismark R. ; Labi, Samuel ; Sinha, Kumares C.
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridge management systems
  • Maintenance management
  • Highway maintenance Bridge deterioration
  • National Bridge Inventory
  • bridge condition
  • bridge performance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2016/03
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  An effective bridge management system that is equipped with reliable deterioration models enables agency engineers to carry out ; monitoring and long-term programming of bridge repair actions. At the project level, deterioration models help the agency to track the ; physical condition of bridge elements and to specify when bridge maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement can be expected. Also, ; with reliable deterioration models, the agency can customize bridge repair or replacement schedules that incorporate element ; condition, functional obsolescence, and pre-specified performance thresholds. At the network level, component-specific deterioration ; models are useful for system-wide needs assessment over a specified future time horizon, and to quantifying the system-wide ; consequences of funding shortfalls or funding increases in terms of specified performance measures including average values of bridge ; condition and remaining service life. ; The bridge deterioration models that are currently in use in the Indiana Bridge Management System were developed over two decades ; ago. Since then, significant changes have taken place in inspection methods, technologies used, advanced statistical tools for data ; analysis. Also, because of the lack of reliable data, such items as the truck traffic and climate conditions were not included in past ; modeling efforts. In recent years, these obstacles have been minimized and therefore, there is an opportunity to update the ; deterioration models for the various bridge components. ; In addressing this research need, the present study developed families of curves representing deterioration models for bridge deck, ; superstructure, and the substructure. The National Bridge Inventory database was used, and the models use the NBI condition ratings as ; the response variable. The model families were categorized by administrative region, functional class, and superstructure material type. ; The explanatory variables include traffic volume and truck traffic, design type, and climatic condition, and design features. Deterministic ; and probabilistic models were developed.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-3828
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31692/dot_31692_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.80 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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