Risk-Based Bridge Engineering Proceedings of the 10th New York City Bridge Conference, August 26-27, 2019, New York City, USA

Risk-based engineering is essential for the efficient asset management and safe operation of bridges. A risk-based asset management strategy couples risk management, standard work, reliability-based inspection and structural analysis, and condition-based maintenance to properly apply resources based on process criticality. This ensures that proper controls are put in place and reliability analysis is used to ensure continuous improvement. An effective risk-based management system includes an enterprise asset management or resource solution that properly catalogues asset attribute data, a functional hierarchy, criticality analysis, risk and failure analysis, control plans, reliability analysis and continuous improvement. Such efforts include periodic inspections, condition evaluations and prioritizing repairs accordingly. This book contains select papers that were presented at the 10th New York City Bridge Conference, held on August 26-27, 2019. The volume is a valuable contribution to the state-of-the-art in bridge engineering.

Cable-supported bridges Risk-based evaluation of main suspension cables of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland K. Mahmoud, C. Gair & H. McDonald New cable stayed bridge across Storstrømmen in Denmark B. MacAulay & E. Stoklund Larsen Hanger cable fatigue life assessment of a major suspension bridge S. Durukan & S. Soyöz Optimizing main cable dehumidification systems M.L. Bloomstine & J.F. Melén Asset management of bridges Asset management of Honshu-Shikoku Bridges based on preventive maintenance R. Uchino & N. Toyama Implementation of a bridge management system in the Ukraine L. Bodnar & M. Koval Replacement strategies of existing highway bridges in Germany M. Schumm Bridge failures Two collapses of the Ontario &Western Railway’s bridge at Fish’s Eddy D.F. Mazurek & K.M. Tarhini Redesign of collapsed river bridges due to flood and scour E.E. Laçin, M.C. Dönmez, A. Çiçek, ?I.N. Çilingir & ¸S. Caculi Explicit collapse analysis of the Morandi Bridge using the Applied Element Method D. Malomo, R. Pinho, N. Scattarreggia, M. Moratti & G.M. Calvi Bridge history & aesthetics TheWalter Taylor Bridge – Florianopolis Australis S. Rothwell Design and construction of the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge K. Butler & N. Porter The failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge K. Gandhi Bridge performance & evaluation Strength and deformation based performance evaluation of existing bridges E. Namli, D.H. Yildiz & N. Çilingir Effect of thermal loading on the performance of horizontally curved I-girder bridges G.W.William, S.N. Shoukry & K.C. McBride Structural performance of continuous slab-on-steel girders bridge subjected to extreme climate loads A. Mohammed, B. Kadhom & H. Almansour Application of heat straightening repair of impacted highway steel bridge girders W. Zatar & H. Nguyen Fracture detection in steel girder bridges using self-powered wireless sensors M. Abedin, S. Farhangdoust &A. Mehrabi A convolutional cost-sensitive crack localization algorithm for automated and reliable RC bridge inspection S.O. Sajedi & X. Liang Railway & light rail bridges Large-scale vulnerability analysis of girder railway bridges D. Bellotti, A. Famà, A. Di Meo & B. Borzi Nonlinear rail-structure interaction effects for multi-frame, multi-span curved Light Rail Bridges E. Honarvar & M.K. Senhaji Nonlinear analysis of the first concrete network tied arch bridge for California High-Speed Rail E. Honarvar, M. Kendall & H. Al-Khateeb Bridge analysis & design Experimental and FEM studies on the innovative steel-concrete hybrid girder bridge M. Hamid Elmy & S. Nakamura Quality specifications for roadway bridges, standardization at a European level J.R. Casas & J.C. Matos Multi-hazard financial risk assessment of a bridge-roadway-levee system A. Nikellis, K. Sett, T.Wu &A.S. Whittaker Benefits of using isolation bearing and seismic analysis on Bridge (MA-14) with Class F Soil V.M. Liang, H.K. Lee, B.P. McFadden & I.S. Oweis

Khaled Mahmoud is the Chief Bridge Engineer of BTC in New York City, USA. He holds a PhD in Engineering Mechanics from The City University of New York, USA. He has edited several volumes at CRC Press / Taylor and Francis and is editor-in-chief of the Journal Bridge Structures.