Fracture and Structural Integrity e-ISSN 1971-8993 Open access
SI: Design of Civil Environmental Engineering Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018)

Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations

Author and affiliation details
  • Flavio Stochino Corresponding author Università degli studi di Cagliari fstochino@unica.it
  • Maria Luisa Fadda
  • Fausto Mistretta
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20
Pages
216-225
Published
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Abstract

Infrastructure aging is an important problem nowadays, in particular for countries like Italy in which the main motorways were built 50 years ago. Huge budgets are necessary to keep infrastructure and bridges in service. In addition, the lack of a proper and timely maintenance, entails an increase of the deterioration and therefore higher costs of repair.

Thus, the need of methods capable of assessing the reliability of the infrastructure in the frame of Bridge Management System (BMS), is patent.

The aim of this work is to provide a robust decision-support tool for the analysis of the data collected within the BMS with field inspection. The innovative aspect of the proposal is the introduction of two factors which take into account the location of the damage, and the mechanical characterization of the material in the definition of a Condition Rating Number (CRN).

The analysis of an existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) bridge network is presented in order to show the accuracy of this new method.

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Article history

  1. ReceivedUntil the next stage: 35 days
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  3. AcceptedUntil the next stage: 26 days
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How to cite

APA

Stochino, F., Fadda, M. L., & Mistretta, F. (2018). Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), 216–225. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20

IEEE

F. Stochino, M. L. Fadda, and F. Mistretta, “Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, pp. 216–225, 2018, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20.

MLA

Stochino, Flavio, et al. “Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, 2018, pp. 216–225. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20.

Chicago

Stochino, Flavio, Maria Luisa Fadda, and Fausto Mistretta. 2018. “Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 12 (46): 216–225. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20.

Harvard

Stochino, F., Fadda, M.L. and Mistretta, F. (2018) ‘Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), pp. 216–225. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20.

Vancouver

Stochino F, Fadda ML, Mistretta F. Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2018;12(46):216-225. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20

BibTeX

@article{stochino2018, author = {Stochino, Flavio and Fadda, Maria Luisa and Mistretta, Fausto}, title = {Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2018}, volume = {12}, number = {46}, pages = {216--225}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Stochino, Flavio AU - Fadda, Maria Luisa AU - Mistretta, Fausto TI - Assessment of RC Bridges integrity by means of low-cost investigations JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/26 VL - 12 IS - 46 SP - 216 EP - 225 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.20 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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