to ignore, refurbish/rehabilitate, or replace a bridge. This dissertation formulates and applies two models, one … deterministic and the other probabilistic, capable of predicting future condition ratings of the three main components of a bridge …; wearing surface, superstructure, and substructure. The contribution to bridge deterioration by environment factors including …

The aging of bridges and traffic volume increase result in deterioration of bridge conditions and consequently … resources to maintain bridges in good conditions. Current bridge management practices use cost as the main factor for … determining maintenance strategies for bridges. Bridge management methods that identify bridges based on risk considerations and …

(WAVES) was developed to predict bridge pier scour in tidal estuaries and facilitate a risk-based design approach for bridges …. The WAVES program is the result of the application of accepted theories regarding the mechanism of bridge pier scour in … for scour around bridge piers. Through the performance of this study, several conclusions were drawn. First, a number of …