Whole-life Analysis of Bridges
26th September 2023 - 13:00-16:00 BST
Summary
Date & Time
26th September 2023 - 13:00-16:00 BST
Available on Demand?
Until 3rd October 2023
Location
Online
Price
£105+ VAT
The webinar will cover the frameworks that can be used for whole-life analysis of existing bridges or for the design of new ones. Bridges are key elements of the transport network. Therefore management is essential to maintain the integrity of the bridge stock and to ensure public safety, make the best use of available resources, and minimise disruption to users.
The session will focus on
1. Maintenance Planning
* An introduction to maintenance planning and the Whole-Life Cycle.
* Routine, preventative and reactive maintenance.
* Maintenance strategies and planning based on whole-life performance
2. Whole-life Analysis Principles
* Whole life cost models
* Types of whole-life costs (inspection, maintenance, repair, user, travel delay, accident, vehicle operating, failure)
3. Deterioration Modelling of bridges:
* Causes of bridge deterioration in concrete and steel bridges,
* Empirical deterioration models,
* Mechanistic Deterioration Modelling,
* Coating performance and corrosion of metallic bridges.
4. Worked example
* An example of the application of whole-life analysis on a bridge structure will be demonstrated. The focus will be on a bridge owner who wants to decide whether to continue using an existing reinforced concrete bridge or replace its deck with a new deck.
Presenters
Dr Boulent Imam is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering Structures at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the University of Surrey and Programme Director for the MSc Programme in Bridge Engineering. He has been extensively involved in the area of fatigue of bridges, carrying out research in this area collaborating with national and European infrastructure owners and managers, such as Network Rail, Highways England, TWI. His research has contributed towards in-depth understanding of the fatigue behaviour of riveted railway bridges and developed methods for more reliable quantification of their remaining fatigue life taking into account historical rail traffic, novel fatigue assessment methods, loading, resistance and modelling uncertainties as well as system effects. Later on, Dr imam extended his work on fatigue towards developing fracture mechanics guidelines for the assessment of fatigue crack growth in steel bridge details towards the optimisation of inspection and maintenance planning in steel bridges. Recently, Dr Imam research has expanded towards understanding the potential impacts of climate change on bridge deterioration and quantifying the resilience of bridge infrastructure against extreme events.
Boulent Imam
Certificate
Attendance certificates are available on request after the completion of the webinar.
Format
The format of this event will be a webinar using "Zoom Webinars".
There will be opportunity to interact with the lecturer throughout the session, both though allocated Q&A sessions, or leaving text based questions throughout the presentation which the lecturer will be able to answer at convenient opportunities.
Price
The cost of registering for this webinar will be £105+VAT.
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