EXPERT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE DISPOSITION OF OLDER BRIDGES

The paper describes the development of an expert system that was designed to make recommendations for bridge management as to the proper courses of action that should be taken with regard to older highway bridges. Five basic options are possible; namely rehabilitation, improvement, replacement, abandonment, and routine maintenance. Based on an extensive set of rules, criteria and procedures as currently used by bridge engineers, this expert system offers a computerized approach that should reduce the time needed to evaluate the many thousands of older bridges yearly, as well as provide a consistent basis for decision making.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1290, Third Bridge Engineering Conference, March 10-13, 1991, Denver, Colorado, Volume 2. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Zuk, William
• Conference:
  • Bridge Engineering Conference, 3rd, 1991, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Location: Denver Colorado, United States
  • Date: 1991-93-10 to 1991-3-13
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 145-148
• Monograph Title: Third Bridge Engineering Conference: Papers Presented at the Third Bridge Engineering Conference, March 10-13, 1991, Denver, Colorado
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1290
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Bridge management systems; Bridges; Decision making; Driver rehabilitation; Equipment replacement; Expert systems; Highway bridges; Improvements; Maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance; Rehabilitation; Replacement
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00611721
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309050677
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM