Optimal Resilience- and Cost-Based Postdisaster Intervention Prioritization for Bridges along a Highway Segment
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 1
Abstract
In this paper, a general framework for the optimal resilience- and cost-based prioritization of interventions on bridges distributed along a highway connection between two cities that have experienced a disruptive natural or man-made event is proposed. Given the structural damage levels after the extreme event and the bridge characteristics, the proposed computational procedure finds the best intervention schedules, defined as starting time and progress pace of the restoration. The possible intervention schedules are considered optimal when they maximize the resilience of the highway segment and minimize the total cost of interventions. Because the two objectives are conflicting, the procedure uses genetic algorithms (GAs) to automatically generate a Pareto front of optimal solutions. Numerical examples are presented and discussed.
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Acknowledgments
The support from (1) the National Science Foundation through grant NSFCMS-0639428, (2) the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development, through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance, and (3) the U.S. Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Agreement Award FHADTFH61-07-H-00040 is gratefully acknowledged. The opinions and conclusions presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.
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Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 17 • Issue 1 • January 2012
Pages: 117 - 129
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Received: May 28, 2010
Accepted: Nov 10, 2010
Published online: Nov 19, 2010
Published in print: Jan 1, 2012
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