Towards a Rule-based matrix for evaluating distress mechanisms in bridges
Venkatesan, S and Setunge, Sujeeva and Kumar, Arun (2003) Towards a Rule-based matrix for evaluating distress mechanisms in bridges. [Conference Paper]
Abstract
One of the key issues facing public asset owners is the decision of refurbishing aged built assets. This decision requires an assessment of the “remaining service life” of the key components in a building. The remaining service life is significantly dependent upon the existing condition of the asset and future degradation patterns considering durability and functional obsolescence. Recently developed methods on Residual Service Life modelling, require sophisticated data that are not readily available. Most of the data available are in the form of reports prior to undertaking major repairs or in the form of sessional audit reports. Valuable information from these available sources can serve as bench marks for estimating the reference service life. The authors have acquired similar informations from a public asset building in Melbourne. Using these informations, the residual service life of a case study building façade has been estimated in this paper based on state-of-the-art approaches. These estimations have been evaluated against expert opinion. Though the results are encouraging it is clear that the state-of-the-art methodologies can only provide meaningful estimates provided the level and quality of data are available. This investigation resulted in the development of a new framework for maintenance that integrates the condition assessment procedures and factors influencing residual service life
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Item Type: | Conference Paper |
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Collection: | CRC for Construction Innovation |
Date: | 2003 |
Keywords: | CRC for Construction Innovation; Program C : Delivery Management of Built Assets; Project 2003-026-C : 2003-026-C |
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