Evaluating disaster resilience of bridge infrastructure when exposed to extreme natural events
Paper
Paper/Presentation Title | Evaluating disaster resilience of bridge infrastructure when exposed to extreme natural events |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Lokuge, Weena (Author) and Setunge, Sujeeva (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conferencon Building Resilience |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Ahungalla, Sri Lanka |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.buildresilience.org/2013/proceedings/files/papers/444.pdf |
Conference/Event | 3rd International Conference on Building Resilience: Individual, Institutional and Societal Coping Strategies to Address the Challenges Associated with Disaster Risk |
Event Details | 3rd International Conference on Building Resilience: Individual, Institutional and Societal Coping Strategies to Address the Challenges Associated with Disaster Risk Parent International Conference on Building Resilience Event Date 17 to end of 19 Sep 2013 Event Location Heritance Ahungalla, Sri Lanka |
Abstract | Disasters can be natural or human made, predictable or totally unexpected and can be of any size. However, they cause considerable damage to the built environment. Disaster resilience of a society mainly depends on the physical robustness of structures and infrastructure and resilience of the community. This research paper focuses on the damage caused by the recent floods in Queensland, Australia on the bridge infrastructure. Bridges in one council area were selected as a case study. For the damaged bridges, data such as level of damage, material used in these bridges, type of bridge (girder/precast/insitu), age of the bridge, annual average daily traffic, heavy vehicles and inspection data before and after the flood were collected and analysed. In structural engineering, vulnerability is a term used to define the damage tolerance of structures. |
Keywords | disaster; resilience; vulnerability; bridges; bridge design |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401001. Engineering design |
400508. Infrastructure engineering and asset management | |
400505. Construction materials | |
Public Notes | Copyright 2013 University of Salford, Centre for Disaster Resilience. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q21w7/evaluating-disaster-resilience-of-bridge-infrastructure-when-exposed-to-extreme-natural-events
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