Abstract: A leading factor in structural decline of highway bridges is the deterioration of concrete decks. Thus, a method to predict bridge deck performance is vital for transportation agencies to allocate future repair and ...

Abstract: Quantitative characterization of fracture mechanisms in concrete is a challenging problem that has not been convincingly solved to date. Several monitoring approaches have been proposed to capture and characterize different ...

Abstract: This research studied the relationship between Oregon national bridge inventory (NBI) data as well as additional design/detailing variables and concrete highway bridge deck performance. Cox proportional hazards regression ...

Abstract: This study applied a heterogeneity-based survival analysis to determine significant contributing factors to a bridge deck’s time-in-condition rating (TICR) by condition rating (CR) group: high CR, medium CR, and low CR. ...

Abstract: The bridge inspection process has multiple steps. One obvious element is for inspectors to identify defects in the main components of the structural system and assign condition ratings. These condition ratings are somewhat ...

Abstract: Transportation agencies expend large amounts of money annually to maintain highway wearing surfaces. Wear depends mainly on axle weight, vehicle speed, temperature, surface type, and the type of tires mounted on vehicles. ...

Abstract: To gain a better understanding of the wave forces that led to the failure of numerous causeway-type coastal highway bridges along the U.S. Gulf coast, a series of experiments was conducted on a realistic, 1:5 scale reinforced ...

Abstract: This study employs a random parameters binary logistic regression (LR) to characterize the impact of environmental and structural parameters on concrete highway bridge deck deterioration nationwide. Two specific gaps in ...