Journal
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Volume 140, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000812
Keywords
Optimization; Deterioration; Inspection; Maintenance; Bridges; Life cycles; Optimization; Life-cycle management; Inspection and maintenance planning; Deteriorating structures; Failure rate; Uncertainties; Structural optimization
Funding
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CMS-0639428]
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, department of community and economic development, through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA)
- U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) [DTFH61-07-H-00040]
- U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) [N00014-08-1-0188, N00014-12-1-0023]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [NNX10AJ20G]
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Civil infrastructure systems are subjected to progressive deterioration resulting from multiple mechanical and environmental stressors. This deterioration process is developed under uncertainties related to load effects, structural resistance, and inspection outcomes, among others. In this context, life-cycle optimization techniques provide a rational approach to manage these systems considering uncertainties and several budgetary and safety constraints. This paper proposes a novel optimization procedure for life-cycle inspection and maintenance planning of aging structures. In this procedure, the structural system effects are accounted for by modeling the structure as a series, parallel, or a series-parallel system whose components are subjected to time-dependent deterioration phenomena. Different possible repair options are considered depending on the damage state and the outcomes of each inspection. For each component, essential or preventive maintenance aiming at reducing the system failure rate are performed when inspection results indicate that the prescribed threshold damage levels have been reached or violated. Otherwise, no repair is performed. Optimum inspection and maintenance plans are formulated by minimizing both the expected system failure rate and expected cumulative inspection and maintenance cost over the life-cycle of the structure. The proposed approach is applied to an existing bridge.
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