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Building resilient bridges

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Introduction

Disasters can damage or entirely destroy bridges and cause widespread destruction and social mayhem. But factoring risk into design and maintenance can help ensure the safety of the millions of people who cross bridges on a daily basis.

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Research briefs

Collapsed bridge helps inform future flood-resistant designs

Learning optimal design needs from the catastrophic problem of failed structures
Hiroshima University
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Documents and publications
2022

Use of UAS for damage inspection and assessment of bridge infrastructures

The present work focuses on the use of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), commonly known as drones, for the inspection and assessment of bridge infrastructures.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Documents and publications
2021

Restoration models of flood resilient bridges: survey data

The purpose of this survey is to define the restoration tasks after hydraulic-induced damage and/or loss of functionality of bridges. This includes the duration and sequence of restoration tasks, idle times, cost, and traffic/functionality loss for

Data in Brief
Documents and publications
2017

Research of long-span bridge and traffic system subjected to winds: a system and multi-hazard perspective

This paper summarizes some recent advances in the research of wind effects on long-span bridge and traffic systems with a focus on the efforts from a system and multi-hazard perspective.
International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology (Science Direct)
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Research briefs

Bridges with limb-inspired architecture can withstand earthquakes, cut repair costs

New study evaluates damage states and identifies repair strategies for bridges through integrated experimental testing and expert panel solicitation.
Texas A&M University System
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Predicting the impact of climate change on bridge safety: Novel approach combines climatology, hydrology, structural engineering, and risk assessment

Researchers studied the impact of climate change on bridge safety employing a new approach combining climatology, hydrology, structural engineering, and risk assessment.
Lehigh University
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Scour risk to UK bridges disrupting over 8 million journeys per year

New research shows that the washing away of bridge foundations during floods disrupts 8.2 million passenger journeys in the UK per year, with a cost of up to £60 million.
Acclimatise
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One year after Genoa tragedy: Are Europe’s bridges any safer?

A year after the Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed, thousands of bridges in Italy and the rest of Europe require interventions.
RT News
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UK: Climate-driven extreme weather is threatening old bridges with collapse

With climate risks threatening the UK's old bridges, officials should conduct an overview of infrastructure, including assessments of ageing and climate change.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Researchers reinvent how bridges withstand earthquakes with new support column design

A research effort has shown that hybrid sliding-rocking columns can be very damage resistant, improving bridges' resilience.
Texas A&M University System