Bridge Maintenance, Safety Management, Health Monitoring and Informatics - IABMAS '08 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, July 13-17 2008, Seoul, Korea - IABMAS '08

An extensive collection of 550 revised papers on most recent advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance. This is a major contribution to the state-of-the-art in all aspects of the field, containing papers from leading experts. Set of Book with keynote papers and extended abstracts plus a 4500 pages, searchable, full-paper CD-ROM.

Sessions: Artificial Intelligence Methods in Bridge Structures Analysis and Design Assessment and Control of Bridge Vibrations Bridge 200 toward Durable Bridge Bridge for High-Speed Railways Damage Assessment of Existing Bridges Design Expectations, Monitoring Response and Maintenance Decisions Development of the Advanced Robot Systems for Bridge Inspection and Monitoring* Fiber Reinforced Composites in Bridges Highway Bridge Maintenance in Practice Integrated Assessment - Practical Application of Probabilistic Methods Lifetime-Perspective Design of Kwangyang Suspension Bridge with main span 1545m Life-Cycle Structural Engineering Long-Term Bridge Performance Program New Developments in Large-Scale Model Studies of Bridge Components and Systems Subjected to Earthquakes Practical Application of BMS and BMS-DM Practical Applications of SHM Techniques for Railway Systems Seismic Design and Performance Issues for Highway Bridges Seismic Design and Performance Issues for Highway Bridges Special Session on Incheon Bridge Steel Bridge Rehabilitation Structural Health Monitoring on Cable Supported Bridges Structural Robustness

Professor Dan Frangopol is the inaugural holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University. Before joining Lehigh University in 2006, he was Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He is recognized as a leader in the field of life-cycle engineering of civil and marine structures. His main research interests are in the application of probabilistic concepts and methods to civil and marine engineering including structural reliability, probability-based design and optimization of buildings, bridges and naval ships, life-cycle performance maintenance, management and cost of structures and infrastructures under uncertainty, risk-based assessment and decision-making, and infrastructure sustainability and resilience to disasters. He is the Founding President of the International Associations for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS) and Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE). He is the Founding Editor of international peer-reviewed journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. Dr. Frangopol is the recipient of several prestigious awards from ASCE, IABSE, IASSAR, and other professional organizations, such as the OPAL Award, Newmark Medal, Alfredo Ang Award, T.Y. Lin Medal, F. R. Khan Medal, and Croes Medal (twice). He holds 4 honorary doctorates and 12 honorary professorships from major universities. He is a foreign member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe, London) and the Royal Academy of Belgium, an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, and a Distinguished Member of ASCE.