During the past two decades, it has been generally acknowledged that
- life-cycle bridge analysis can be a systematic tool to address efficient and effective bridge management under uncertainty
- life-cycle management at the bridge network level can lead to an improvement in the allocation of limited financial resources, ensuring the safety and functionality of the bridge network
- life-cycle management of bridges and bridge networks based on resilience and sustainability can improve their resistance and robustness to extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and hurricanes
- bridge management should consider the impact of environmental conditions and climate change
This book addresses important concepts and approaches developed recently on bridge safety, maintenance, and management in a life-cycle context. Bridge life-cycle performance and cost analysis, prediction, optimization, and decision making under uncertainty are disc
