T.Y. Lin lecture: Bridge forms and aesthetics ; M.-C. Tang

Keynote lectures

Technical Contributions

Bridge management systems

Design, operation and maintenance of high speed railway bridges

Application of structural system identification methods

Long-term signal analysis for the existing bridge health monitoring systems

Damage assessment – strength and durability

Assessment, monitoring and control of bridge vibrations

Seismic and dynamic analysis

Assessment of bridge repair and strengthening

Handling uncertainty in analysis design

Probabilistic characterization and analysis of the properties of

materials used in bridges

Politics and perception in life-cycle decisions

Safety of medium and long span bridge superstructures during

the erection phases

Status and findings of current BHM applications in the world

Inspection and prediction of structural performance

Bridge inspection and monitoring

Fatigue analysis

Bridge owners benefits from probability-based assessment and

maintenance management

Reliability and risk management

Seismic design and retroffiting strategies for bridges

Bridge testing and assessment

Research needs for BHM systems of the future and benchmark studies

Integration of bridge management and bridge monitoring

Innovative developments towards improving bridge seismic safety

Soft computing in bridge engineering

Loads and testing

Smart bridge technology

Intelligent use of cathodic protection on bridges

Bridge evaluation using field testing

Business intelligence and asset management

Load and resistance assessment of railway bridges

Design and analysis

Measurement and monitoring

Bridge condition assessment using combined non-destructive testing methods

Durability performance of bridges in severe environments

Civil structural health monitoring

Repair and strengthening

About the Author

Dr. Paulo J.S. Cruz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho at Guimaraes, Portugal. He is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies. His main areas of expertise are steel and composite structures, shear connection systems, precast bridges, bridge monitoring, life-cycle analysis, inspection, maintenance, assessment and management of bridges. Paulo Cruz is an Associate Editor of Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of civil infrastructure systems. Dr. Dan M. Frangopol is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is an experienced researcher and consultant to industry and government agencies, both nationally and abroad. His main areas of expertise are structural reliability, structural optimization, bridge engineering, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the 2005 ASCE Newmark Medal, the 2004 Kajima Corporation Research Award, the 2003 ASCE Moisseiff Award and the 2001 ASCE Croes Medal. Dan Frangopol is the Founding Editor of Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of civil infrastructure systems (publisher: Taylor & Francis). Dr. Luis C. Neves is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal. His main areas of research are structural reliability, optimization, steel structures, and life-cycle analysis, design, maintenance, and management of structures and infrastructures. He is author and/co-author of significant publications in life-cycle engineering applied to bridges.

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