Life Cycle Management of Bridges

Glasgow , UK

10:30 — 10:45

Break

12:15 — 13:30

Lunch

15:00 — 15:30

Break

COST

This session will introduce the framework for life cycle analysis of bridge structures, presenting the models that are available for quantifying life cycle costs capturing both direct costs associated with the maintenance activities as well as indirect costs associated with the unavailability of the service of the bridge.

10:45 — 12:15

Lecture 2: A Framework for Lyfe Cycle Analysis of Bridges

This session will cover the maintenance management within the framework of life cycle analysis of bridges and how the inspection and maintenance activities can be effectively planned and optimised using the qualitative and quantitative data obtainable from the inspections, non destructive testing and health monitoring systems.

15:30 — 17:00

Lecture 4: Long Tern Deterioration - Metallic Bridges

The session will start with an introduction to the deterioration of concrete bridges, in particular the reinforced concrete bridges. The session will cover the causes of deterioration of RC bridges, key phenomenon involved such as carbonation and chloride induced deterioration, and available models for various phases of the reinforced concrete deterioration and their use in establishing the deterioration rates for the bridge members.

The session will start by an overview of the most important parameters affecting long term deterioration of metallic bridges. Focus will be given to atmospheric corrosion and available models for the prediction of deterioration rates in metallic bridges will be presented.

09:00 — 10:30

Lecture 5: Fatigue in Long Term Deterioration

10:45 — 12:15

Lecture 6: Fracture Mechanics in Long Term Deterioration

13:30 — 15:00

Lecture 3: Long Term Deterioration - Concrete Bridges

13:30 — 15:00

Lecture 7: Structural Health Monitoring - I

15:30 — 17:00

Lecture 8: Structural Health Monitoring - II

The session will start by an introduction to the phenomenon of fatigue in metallic bridges and briefly present the theoretical background behind it. The parameters that affect fatigue damage and available models for prediction of fatigue damage accumulation and remaining fatigue life, employed in codes of practice, will be presented.

This session will focus on Fracture Mechanics, which explicitly captures the initiation and propagation behaviour of fatigue cracks, and how it can effectively be used for maintenance planning of steel bridge details, especially in the event where cracks have been detected through inspection.

The aim of this session is to offer a comprehensive overview of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems applied on prestressed concrete bridges. The conceptualisation of such systems will be fully addressed by describing in detail the three main stages: (i) project design, (ii) field installation and (iii) data processing.

This session will show how the monitoring data can be used for bridge management. First, the procedure for data validation, supported by FE modelling, will be presented, mainly focussing on three different periods: (i) construction, (ii) load test and (iii) operational lifetime. Then, a software package will be presented, based on which the bridge owner can easily follow the structural performance of the bridge based on the monitoring data and FE model predictions.

VENUE

Croydon Park Hotel7 Altyre RoadCroydonGreater LondonCR9 5AA

(All Delegates are entitled to a special rate of £3.00/day for parking)

09:00 — 10:30

Lecture 1: A Framework for Lyfe Cycle Analysis of Bridges - I

Dr Boulent ImamDr Boulent Imam

Dr Boulent Imam

Dr Boulent Imam

Dr Imran Rafiq

Dr Helder Sousa

Dr Helder SousaDr Imran Rafiq

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course provides a wide range of lectures addressing the life cycle analysis of bridge structures. The coursestarts with an introduction to the life cycle analysis framework for bridge management. Different factors that can influence the long-term performance of bridge structures are then presented. These include corrosion on concrete and metallic bridges and well as fatigue. Special attention will be given to structural health monitoring of bridges for performance evaluation.

12-13 December 2016

COURSE OUTLINE

Monday 12 December 2016 Tuesday 13 December 2016

Course fee will be £495+VAT which includes course notes and

lunches. The fee doesn’t include accommodation. You should

make your own arrangements for accommodation.

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Dr Boulent Imam is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Surrey and Programme Director for the postgraduate courses in Bridge Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering & Management. His expertise lies in the area of bridge management, fatigue of structural systems, risk & reliability and climate change adaptation. Through the European project BriFaG (Bridge Fatigue Guidance), he has contributed towards the drafting of advanced European guidelines for the fatigue design of new and fatigue assessment of existing steel bridges. Through the European project MAINLINE, he developed a framework for life cycle cost analysis and environmental impact assessment of railway bridge maintenance. Recently, he has been investigating the effects of climate change on bridge scour risk. Dr Imam has extensively collaborated with Network Rail and other European infrastructure owners and managers.

Dr Imran Rafiq is a Principal Lecturer at the School of Environment and Technology at the University of Brighton. He is a Course Leader for the ‘MSc Highway Engineering Management’ covering the areas such as contracts, design and construction, maintenance, and asset management principles and their application within the Highways context. His research encompasses the development of framework and methodologies to effectively incorporate the structural health monitoring data within the maintenance management of assets. He developed methodologies to embed the monitoring data within the management system to establish optimal timings of detailed inspections and maintenance activities for the deteriorating bridge structures. Through his participation in the European Marie Currie project, SMARTEN, he have gained an insight into risk and reliability, asset management systems, structural health monitoring, deterioration processes and their modelling techniques, impact of climate change and its impact on the highway and railway assets. He has also been involved in a Network Rail sponsored research project, developing the framework and methodologies for the risk based inspection planning for the railway bridges. Recently, Dr Imran has been investigating the impact of corrosion deterioration on the performance of reinforced concrete structures and how to effectively predict the performance throughout their service life, which is continuously changing due to deterioration, and aging.

Dr Helder Sousa is an expert with more than 10 years of practice on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). With several publications in this field on top-ranked international journals, his PhD focussed on the design, installation and structural analysis regarding the long-term performance of one of the longest bridge in Europe – Lezíria Bridge. Acting as a consultant for one of the world's largest highway operators - BRISA Group -, he is currently a Marie Curie Fellow (recognition of excellence by the EU) and Invited Lecturer at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Surrey where he holds lectures on SHM and prestressed concrete bridges. In addition, he has been engaging with worldwide experts in the field of SHM, through the COST Action TU1402 – Quantifying the Value of SHM, aiming to facilitate sustainable societal developments in the design and assets management for structures and infrastructure systems by optimised SHM systems. Presently, his research focus lies in understanding why some prestressed concrete bridges in Europe and beyond unexpectedly show a significant increase in long-term deflections.

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