TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Maintenance Strategy for Bridge Components on the Basis of Performance
JO  - Journal of performance of constructed facilities
A1  - Yin, Samuel Yen-Liang
A1  - Tserng, H. Ping
A1  - Chung, Chin-Lung
SP  - 234
EP  - 243
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0887-3828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2009)23:4(234)
ID  - ref1
ER  -