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trb88thpres.ppt. Long-Term Bridge performance Program
1. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
FHWA
Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
Hamid Ghasemi, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Federal Highway Administration
McLean, Virginia
“A Flagship Initiative”
2. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Outline
• Highlights
• Vision
• Methodology
• Focus Group Meetings
• Pilot Study
• Conclusions
3. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
• Designated in the “SAFETEA-LU” surface transportation
authorization legislation (August 2005)
• Anticipated to be a long-term research effort to improve
our knowledge of bridge performance
• Funding was authorized through FY-2009
Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
(LTBP Program)
4. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
• Outreach (i.e., Conferences, Workshops, Meetings)
• Draft Framework (U. of Delaware)
• Workshop in January 2007 (Las Vegas, NV)
– Participants: FHWA, AASHTO, Other Government Institutions, Academia,
Industry, International Bridge Experts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
• Specific Data to be Collected
• Sample Bridges to Test, Evaluate and Monitor
LTBP Program Activities
(January 2006 – Present)
5. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
• FHWA Bridge Management Information
Systems Laboratory
– Synthesis Report on Bridge Performance
– Sampling Methodology
– Data Gaps
– Deterioration Model
LTBP Program Activities
(January 2006 – Present)
6. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
• July 2007 (Solicitation)
• April 2008 (Contract Was Awarded to CAIT/Rutgers
University)
• May 2008 – Present (Developmental Phase)
LTBP Program Activities
(January 2006 – Present)
7. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Friday, May 2, 2008
“Acting Federal Highway Administrator Jim Ray”
FHWA Launches Flagship Initiative to Collect Nationwide
Data on Highway Bridges - A 20-year research effort to
collect data on bridges nationwide will lead to better
investment decisions on bridges
9. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Data
Warehouse
LTBP program is not intended to become a repository
of vast amounts of bridge data without
consideration of the value of the data in assessing
bridge performance
10. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Anticipated Impacts of the LTBP Program
• Advances in deterioration and predictive models
• Effective use of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
• Improved inspection/condition information thru NDE and SHM
• Support improved design standards
• Improved maintenance practices
• Help foster the next generation of bridge and asset
management systems
11. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Approach
• Detailed inspection, periodic objective evaluation and
monitoring (from a representative sample of bridges, excluding
long-span bridges)
• Forensic autopsies of decommissioned bridges
• Accelerated Testing
15. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Systems Approach
• Collect scientific quality performance data from the
nation’s highway bridges, as representing critical node-
points of the highway transportation network.
• The data and information to be collected is expected to
advance our knowledge of how our highway
transportation, together with its linkages to other
infrastructures, performs as a complex multi-domain
system, governed by dynamic interactions between
human, natural and engineering systems and elements.
17. Step 1
Defining Bridge Performance
Step 2
Data to be Collected
Step 3
Data Management
System
Step 4
Design the Experimental
Program
Step 5
Data Collection
Program
Outcome
Step 6
Data Analysis & Modeling
Step 7
Dissemination
of Findings
Strategic Action Plan
18. Data QA/QC
Step 1
Defining Bridge Performance
Step 2
Data to be Collected
Step 3
Data Management
System
Step 4
Design the Experimental
Program
Step 5
Data Collection
Program
Outcome
Step 6
Data Analysis & Modeling
Step 7
Dissemination
of Findings
Advitam
Siemens
Contractor
Contractor
20. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
• National Survey
– Number of bridges needing work
– Structural deficiencies and posting
– Condition rating, sufficiency rating and health index
– Deficiencies and load carrying capacity
– Customer satisfaction
Bridge Performance ?
21. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Performance
Categories
• Serviceability
• Operation
• Scour and Floods
• Wind
• Hurricane
• Earthquakes
• Overloads
• Vessel Collisions
• Fire
• Fatigue
• Terrorism
All Limit States
26. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Challenges in Measuring Bridge Performance
• It is not well defined and understood or documented
• Relies too heavily on expert opinion
• Based on significant assumption or generalization
• Uncertainties
– Subjectivity of current condition ratings
– Lack of proper documentation (i.e., records of actions and costs,
deferring the action)
– Incomplete data (i.e., cost, maintenance)
– Many hidden deterioration and damage escape visual inspection
27. Step 1
Defining Bridge Performance
Step 2
Data to be Collected
Step 3
Data Management
System
Step 4
Design the Experimental
Program
Step 5
Data Collection
Program
Outcome
Step 6
Data Analysis & Modeling
Step 7
Dissemination
of Findings
Strategic Action Plan
28. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
FOCUS GROUP Meetings
• Focus group meetings across a number of
geographically distributed locations initiated
• Partnering with practitioners in order to get the
information and data that is needed to improve the
long-term performance of our bridge systems
• The program cannot be a one size fits all approach,
and should not place additional burdens on
highway agencies
29. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
FGM and Pilot Study
- Summer 2009
- Detailed inspection and
Monitoring of 7 bridges
- Validate protocols and processes
- Viability of the data infrastructure
- Efficacy of sensor technology
FGM: Focus Group Meeting
FGM Completed
FGM Proposed
Proposed Pilot Study
John Penrod:
Pilot Study Program manager
32. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Outreach
• AASHTO Subcommittees on Bridges
• Organized a Workshop at TRB
• Presentation at AASHTO Annual Meeting
• SHRP-2 Initiation
• NIST and NSF
• International community
• Plan for Industry Involvement
33. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Conclusions
• A dynamic program
• Not a one-size fit all program
• Not a data-warehouse
• Synergy among the FHWA, stakeholders, industry,
academia, international bridge community
• Consider lessons learned from the LTPP
• Successful outreach strategy
• Take advantage of in-house expertise
34. TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER
Conclusions
• Be cognizant of program’s limitations
Data Information
Knowledge Wisdom
Experience
Decision
Making