Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge

This paper describes a method of performance evaluation and remaining life prediction for an aged reinforced concrete (RC) T-girder bridge by J-BMS RC version via close visual inspection data, and also verifies the assessment results obtained as outputs from the Bridge Rating Expert System (RC-BREX)...

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Main Authors: Ayaho Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Asano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tehran Press 2018-12-01
Series:Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
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Online Access:https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_68736_9c6ba2675812460725545f2565b07bed.pdf
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description This paper describes a method of performance evaluation and remaining life prediction for an aged reinforced concrete (RC) T-girder bridge by J-BMS RC version via close visual inspection data, and also verifies the assessment results obtained as outputs from the Bridge Rating Expert System (RC-BREX) which is a subsystem of the J-BMS, to evaluate the effectiveness of the system. The Bridge Management System (J-BMS) that was previously developed by the authors, and which is capable of forecasting the deterioration process of existing bridge members, was applied to evaluate the safety indices (soundness score) and remaining life of the target bridge based on these test results. Using these methods, the remaining life of an aged RC-T girder bridge (SK-bridge) can be quantitatively estimated by applying the bridge rating expert (BREX) system, which is a subsystem of the J-BMS RC version that incorporates with the field inspection data. In this study, close visual inspection was carried out on the aged bridge by professional visual inspectors, during which all variations of the inspection results were evaluated using a five-step questionnaire. As a result, it was found that the soundness score (safety index) and remaining life predictions were influenced by the learning (supervised) data selection. Additionally, the predicted remaining lives were verified through concrete core tests extracted from main girders and deck slabs.
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spelling doaj.art-f1f62f8643fa4e9491d92a8abaf654982022-12-22T00:30:12ZengUniversity of Tehran PressCivil Engineering Infrastructures Journal2322-20932423-66912018-12-0151231133710.7508/ceij.2018.02.00568736Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC BridgeAyaho Miyamoto0Hiroyoshi Asano1Professor Emeritus, Yamaguchi UniversityHead, Bridge design and maintenance division, Ube Industries Consultant Co., Ltd.This paper describes a method of performance evaluation and remaining life prediction for an aged reinforced concrete (RC) T-girder bridge by J-BMS RC version via close visual inspection data, and also verifies the assessment results obtained as outputs from the Bridge Rating Expert System (RC-BREX) which is a subsystem of the J-BMS, to evaluate the effectiveness of the system. The Bridge Management System (J-BMS) that was previously developed by the authors, and which is capable of forecasting the deterioration process of existing bridge members, was applied to evaluate the safety indices (soundness score) and remaining life of the target bridge based on these test results. Using these methods, the remaining life of an aged RC-T girder bridge (SK-bridge) can be quantitatively estimated by applying the bridge rating expert (BREX) system, which is a subsystem of the J-BMS RC version that incorporates with the field inspection data. In this study, close visual inspection was carried out on the aged bridge by professional visual inspectors, during which all variations of the inspection results were evaluated using a five-step questionnaire. As a result, it was found that the soundness score (safety index) and remaining life predictions were influenced by the learning (supervised) data selection. Additionally, the predicted remaining lives were verified through concrete core tests extracted from main girders and deck slabs.https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_68736_9c6ba2675812460725545f2565b07bed.pdfaged bridgecarbonationchloride ionclose visual inspectionconcrete corecross-sectionj-bms rc versionperformance evaluationrc bridgerc-brex systemremaining life
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Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
aged bridge
carbonation
chloride ion
close visual inspection
concrete core
cross-section
j-bms rc version
performance evaluation
rc bridge
rc-brex system
remaining life
title Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
title_full Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
title_fullStr Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
title_full_unstemmed Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
title_short Application of J-BMS to Performance Evaluation and Remaining Life Prediction of an Existing RC Bridge
title_sort application of j bms to performance evaluation and remaining life prediction of an existing rc bridge
topic aged bridge
carbonation
chloride ion
close visual inspection
concrete core
cross-section
j-bms rc version
performance evaluation
rc bridge
rc-brex system
remaining life
url https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_68736_9c6ba2675812460725545f2565b07bed.pdf
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