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Maintenance of Important Infrastructures – Objectives and Strategies

 Maintenance of Important Infrastructures – Objectives and Strategies
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, published in , pp. 376-377
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796025069
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Infrastructures have to meet certain requirements during their service life in order to fulfil particular economical and societal needs. These requirements can be categorized into four groups: prop...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010
Published in:
Page(s): 376-377 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 376-377
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796025069
Abstract:

Infrastructures have to meet certain requirements during their service life in order to fulfil particular economical and societal needs. These requirements can be categorized into four groups: proper functioning, economy, society & culture and environment. However, until today investigations on the selection of maintenance strategies are primarily cost-oriented. Maintenance strategies de- veloped on the basis of such investigations do not necessarily lead to an optimal solution with re- gards to requirements other than economic efficiency. This paper deals with the necessary frame- work for an appropriate selection of maintenance strategies for infrastructures. A simulation proce- dure is presented which allows for the development and examination of maintenance strategies with regard to different maintenance objectives. The procedure uses Monte Carlo simulation technique and takes into account data in relation to the structural properties, possible deterioration mechanisms, the effect of maintenance measures and the costs.

Keywords:
infrastructure bridge engineering Monte-Carlo simulation maintenance strategies