Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering: Theory and Components

ISBN-13: 9780849320408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 624 str.

Mohammed M. Ettouney;Sreenivas Alampalli

Opis

Continually increasing demands on infrastructures mean that maintenance and renewal require timely, appropriate action that maximizes benefits while minimizing cost. To be as well informed as possible, decision-makers must have an optimal understanding of an infrastructure's condition-what it is now, and what it is expected to be in the future. Written by two highly respected engineers, the first volume, Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering: Theory and Components, integrates the decision making concept into theoretical and practical issues. It includes:

• An overview of the infrastructure health in civil engineering (IHCE) and associated theories
• In-depth description of the four components of SHCE: measurements, structural identification, damage identification, and decision making
• Discussion of how IHCE and asset management are applied
• An exploration of infrastructure health management

Built to correspond to the ideas presented in its companion volume, Applications and Management, this is an invaluable guide to optimized, cost-saving methods that will help readers meet safety specifications for new projects, as well as aging infrastructures at high risk for failure.

Understanding engineering structural health is vital for making informative decisions in maintaining and renewing infrastructure to meet increasing demands. Structural Health in Civil Engineering integrates the decision making concept into the field of structural health. This book examines the process of addressing and maintaining structural health, including measurements, structural identification, and damage identification and discusses the theoretical and practical issues involved for each aspect. Emphasizing state-of-the-art practice as well as future directions, this text also features numerous practical case studies and covers the latest techniques in sensing and sensor utilization.

Spis treści

THEORY AND COMPONENTS

Introduction. Elements of Structural Health in Civil Engineering (SHCE). Lives and Deaths of Infrastructures. Theories and Principles of IHCE. Sensors and Infrastructures Health. Structural Identification (STRID). Damage Identification (DMID). Decision Making in IHCE. Appendix Unit Conversion. Index.

O autorze

Ettouney, Mohammed M.; Alampalli, Sreenivas