high speed trains are an indispensable part of rapid transportation systems in many countries. as the fastest means of transport on the ground, these trains are extremely sensitive to the terrain and track conditions. geometrical irregularities and mechanical characteristics of the track, together with inconsistencies in the lane (including bridges that support the track) are considered importa...

Bridge management systems have become increasingly sophisticated over the past decade and provide valuable information about the structural condition of all bridges in the national database. At the same time, reliability methods have gained increasing prominence and are used to forecast life-cycle performance over many decades of structural life. Such reliability analyses need to be updated bas...

The railroad network carries 40 % of the freight in the US. Railroad bridges are the most critical part of the network and they need to be properly maintained for safety of operations. Railroad managers inspect the bridges to assess their structural condition. Railroad managers are interested in measuring displacements under train crossing events to prioritize their bridge management and safety...

This paper introduces the outline of a bridge management strategy based on the prediction of future bridge reliability using a semi-Markov deterioration model. This approach applies equally well to single bridges and to a whole network, and is expected to be implemented in the Bridge Management System (BMS) of the Autonomous Province of Trento (APT). More in detail, the model assumes the lifesp...

This paper presents a computer aided bridge management system (CADBMS) and its implementation in the context of Papua New Guinea. The expert system includes a bridge management information system database (BMISD) and knowledge based database (KBD) logically linking all bridge parameters to the repair, maintenance and rehabilitation (RMR) options. The KBD is written in Micro-soft Excel with its ...