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Western Michigan University

2007

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Development Of Knowledge Base Of Concrete Bridge Maintenance System, Bahre Karam Jun 2007

Development Of Knowledge Base Of Concrete Bridge Maintenance System, Bahre Karam

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Bridges are the key elements of any transportation system of a country. Bridges are expensive structures and therefore, it's essential to maintain and repair them on regular basis. Almost one third of the bridges in United States are reported to be in some what deteriorated conditions. This Research presents the development of knowledge base for decision support system for concrete bridges.

During this research various concrete bridge problems are investigated including COlTosion, delamination, cracks, spalling and scour etc. The inspection tools and techniques are addressed in order to identify these problems both for above and below water surface. The various …