Remaining Service Life Prediction of Aging Concrete Bridges Based on Multiple Relevant Explanatory Variables
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 26, Issue 4
Abstract
Concrete highway bridge remaining service life has been at the forefront of bridge owners’ concerns for several years in terms of growing bridge maintenance needs. Distresses in concrete bridge components occur due to physical, chemical, and mechanical factors that manifest as observable symptoms of deterioration. Deterioration models realistically link the observable defects to the several explanatory variables affecting the deterioration that aid in the planning of appropriate corrective actions. Only a limited number of explanatory variables have been considered in the published literature in the development of bridge component deterioration models. This study investigates the effect of multiple relevant explanatory variables affecting the bridge component condition including aging, loads and environmental conditions, and design characteristics using a multivariate regression analysis approach. Deterioration models for both superstructure and substructure of reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges are developed and validated in the present study. The proposed models will aid the bridge engineers to predict the concrete bridge component conditions based on bridge characteristics for planning preventive maintenance.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the support and facilities provided by the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering at Florida Atlantic University to carry out the research. The senior author would like to thank the partial financial support from the sponsored research project from the Transportation Research Board, IDEA Program, Contract No. Rail Safety 35. The authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to the reviewers for their very constructive comments.
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Volume 26 • Issue 4 • November 2021
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Received: Dec 21, 2020
Accepted: Apr 20, 2021
Published online: Jul 28, 2021
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