Aging Infrastructure: Issues, Research, and Technology. Buildings and Infrastructure Protection Series

摘要

;Partial Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; (Present Conditions and Urgency, The Influence of Aging, The Critical Issues, Organization and Scope of This Publication); Chapter 2: Our Aging Infrastructure: Overview (Report Card for America's Infrastructure, The Age of Infrastructure in a Time of Security and Natural Hazards, The Impact of Aging Infrastructure on Security, A Bridge to Prosperity: Resilient Infrastructure Makes a Resilient Nation); Chapter 3: Bridges: A Critical Issue (Aging Infrastructure- Roles and Challenges, Suspension Bridge Cables: 200 Years of Empiricism, Analysis and Management, Aging Cables in Suspension Bridges, Integrating Baseline Structural Modeling, Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Transportation Systems for Condition Assessment of In-Service Bridges, Bridge Vulnerabilities and the Practical Application of Advanced Composite Materials for Hardening, Strengthening, and Extending Service Life, Managing Aging Bridges and Their Networks); Chapter 4: Prioritization, Decisionmaking, and Management (Decision Technology for Rational Selection of Infrastructure Investments: A Pressing Research Need and Grand Opportunity at an Historic Moment, A Threat Independent Approach to Evaluating the Sustainability of Our Critical Infrastructure, Five Integrated Aspects of Aging Infrastructure Management: A Basis for Decision-Making at the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), A Multi-Objective Approach for the Management of Aging Critical Highway Bridges); Chapter 5: Advanced Methods for Evaluation (Centrifuge Modeling of Steel Piles Under Lateral Impact Loads, Digital Color Image Processing Methods for Assessing Bridge Coating Rust Defects, The Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFS), Health Monitoring of Reinforced and Pre-Stressed Concrete Structures Using Time of Flight Information of Guided Waves, A Hierarchical Fuzzy Expert System for Risk of Failure of Water Mains, Integrated Condition Assessment Model and Classification Protocols for Sewer Pipelines, Strength Prediction for Adhesive Anchors: Elastic Analysis, A Stochastic Diagnostic Model for Subway Stations); Chapter 6: Economic and Social Issues and Impacts (State of the Stimulus: The Impact on Infrastructure Protection and a Way Forward, Optimizing America's Infrastructure Portfolio For the 21st Century); Chapter 7: Observations and Conclusions (Roles, Challenges, and Recommended Solutions, Infrastructure Health, Role and Importance of Multihazards Considerations, Investments In Infrastructures, Social And Economic Impacts, Decisionmaking Processes: Prioritization Methods, Infrastructures Of The Future).