Bridge Management for Seismic Hazard Assessment

Introduction to Bridges:

History of Bridges; Components of a Bridge and its definitions,

Classification of Road Bridges, functional and operational requirements,
Selection of Bridge site and planning; Collection of Bridge design data;
Design Process for Highway Bridges, Standard Loading for Bridge Design.

Introduction to Bridge Management:

History of Bridge Management Systems: (Existing Bridge Management

Systems, Process, Practice and Characteristics, Bridge Management
Cycle).
Bridge Management Data: (Bridge Inventory Data, Bridge Inspection
Methods, Assessing a bridge in terms of Damage & Defects, Challenges
associated with various bridge component rating methods, Bridge
Monitoring Methods).
Performance and Condition Assessments: (Aging and Deterioration
Processes, Performance Problems and Threats, Identifying functional
deficiencies, Bridge Condition Information, Bridge Condition Assessment,
Condition Ratings, Bridge Condition Index, Needs Assessment Models).

Bridge Seismic Risk Assessment:

Bridge Failures: (Historical & Recent Perspective, Identifying & Assessing

Bridge Vulnerabilities, Recognizing Reduced Redundancy).
Bridges Assessment in case of seismic event: (Systematic evaluations of
bridges based on failure modes, Age of the bridges, Seismic Hazard, Risk
of damage, Fragility Curves).
Repair/Retrofitting: (Priorization, Optimization of retrofit methods).

Course Introduction:

Bridges are a critical and vital link in transportation infrastructure. Current

levels of infrastructure funding are inadequate to cope with the needs.
Effective bridge asset management practises are required to obtain the
best value from limited resources. The objective of this course is to
identify best Bridge Asset Management practises and critically examine
Bridge Asset Management tools.