Probabilistic Lifetime-Oriented Multiobjective Optimization of Bridge Maintenance: Combination of Maintenance Types
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 132, Issue 11
Abstract
In this paper, the performance of deteriorating bridges is analyzed considering the combination of essential and preventive maintenance actions. Multiobjective optimization under uncertainty is used to find the best combinations of condition, safety, and cost; satisfying all performance constraints of deteriorating bridges during a specified time horizon under multiple maintenance types. The thresholds at which essential maintenance actions are applied and the times of application of preventive maintenance actions are considered as design variables. The evolution in time of nondeterministic performance is modeled as probabilistic condition, safety, and cost profiles, and genetic algorithms are combined with Latin hypercube sampling to optimize the maintenance strategies in a full probabilistic context. Owing to the scarce information on the structural performance effects, due to the interaction among different types of maintenance actions, special attention is paid to the assumptions with respect to the combination of effects of different maintenance types. Examples of application, based on data collected on reinforced concrete bridge crossheads in the United Kingdom, are presented. The benefits of the combination of preventive and essential maintenance actions over single maintenance type strategies are clearly indicated; namely, the reduction in cost for similar condition and safety indices. The use of alternative probabilistic indicators in bridge maintenance, such as the lower percentiles of performance, is also analyzed.
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Acknowledgments
The partial financial support of the U.K. Highways Agency, the U.S. National Science Foundation through Grant Nos. CMS-0217290 and CMS-0509772, and the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management is gratefully acknowledged. The opinions and conclusions presented in this paper are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 132 • Issue 11 • November 2006
Pages: 1821 - 1834
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Jan 19, 2005
Accepted: Feb 24, 2005
Published online: Nov 1, 2006
Published in print: Nov 2006
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Note. Associate Editor: Shahram Sarkani
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