ABSTRACT

Collection of revised expert papers dealing with emerging concepts and innovative applications in life-cycle civil engineering. Topics covered include: life-cycle damage processes, life-cycle assessment and design, life-cycle maintenance and rehabilitation, life-cycle performance of special structures, life-cycle costs, and life cycle and integrated planning of buildings. Intended for researchers, engineers and advanced students working on life-cycle performance in civil engineering. Set comprises a book of extended abstracts (466 pp.) and a searchable DVD-ROM containing full papers (2332 pp.).

part |17 pages

Fazlur R. Khan Lecture

part |96 pages

Keynote Lectures

part |1046 pages

Mini-Symposia

part MS1|61 pages

Vibration-based health monitoring, damage identification and residual lifetime estimation for civil engineering structures Organizers:

part MS2|47 pages

Integrative monitoring for the life-cycle performance of engineering structures Organizers:

part MS3|105 pages

Seismic performance evaluation on structures considering aged deterioration Organizers:

part MS4|95 pages

Challenges in real-world applications of structural health monitoring

part MS5|87 pages

Modeling time-dependent behavior and deterioration of concrete

part MS6|104 pages

Life-cycle performance of structural systems Organizers

part |72 pages

MS7: Tunnel life-cycle management and engineering including required performance of structures and facilities, prediction method in remaining life, risk management, maintenance technology and inspection techniques

part |108 pages

MS8: Rehabilitation, retrofitting and redundancy of aged steel bridges

part |77 pages

MS9: Probabilistic modeling for the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of aging infrastructures

part MS10|58 pages

New trends in infrastructure management systems Organizers:

part |44 pages

MS11: Life-cycle effects of surface penetrants on concrete structures

part |62 pages

MS12: Life-cycle performance based infrastructures maintenance

part MS13|120 pages

Infrastructure system identification and monitoring

part |585 pages

Special Sessions

part |74 pages

Special Sessions SS1: Evaluation of cover concrete quality for ensuring durability of concrete structures

part SS2|46 pages

Life-cycle assessment of performance in concrete bridge decks under severe conditions Organizers:

part SS4|48 pages

Performance assessment of concrete structures strengthened with externally bonded FRP composites under combined mechanical and environmental actions Organizers:

part |76 pages

SS5: LCC and risk evaluation on geotechnical and geo-environmental problems

part |45 pages

SS6: Sustainable bridge technologies in structure, design and construction

part SS7|93 pages

Structures in marine environments

part SS8|41 pages

Life cycle management as focus area within asset management

part SS9|10 pages

Building Information Models (BIM) for the lifecycle

part SS10|44 pages

Life-cycle maintenance strategies and performance evaluation for reinforced concrete structures located in the multi-hazardous environment Organizers

part |59 pages

SS11: Chemical degradation of concrete structure

part |548 pages

General Sessions