@article{ref1,
title="Maintenance Strategy for Bridge Components on the Basis of Performance",
journal="Journal of performance of constructed facilities",
year="2009",
author="Yin, Samuel Yen-Liang and Tserng, H. Ping and Chung, Chin-Lung",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="234-243",
abstract="Usually the status of a bridge is determined by its structural capability and material strength. Consequently a lot of researchers have studied the failure, the fatigue, and the deterioration of the structure in terms of the structural function of a bridge. However, the safety of a bridge may be affected simply by the damage of one of its components. Therefore this paper utilized a systematic classification and statistical analysis based on the thousands of sets of existing bridge inspection data collected in Taiwan to reach the following goals: (1) assess the deterioration rate for each component of a bridge; (2) determine the lifetime of each component based on the performance index; and (3) find out the preventive and essential maintenance strategy for each bridge component with an empirical method.<p />",
language="",
issn="0887-3828",
doi="10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2009)23:4(234)",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2009)23:4(234)"
}