Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering: Theory and Components (Hardcover)

VOLUME 1: THEORY AND COMPONENTS PART I: Overview and Theories of IHCE Introduction Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering (IHCE) General Concepts of Infrastructures Health History of Structural Health Efforts Need for Infrastructure Health Efforts Analogy with Human Health Structural Health: A New Field in Civil Engineering? Structural Health: Integration of Fields Horizontal Integration: Multihazards Vertical Integration: Multidisciplinary SHM and IHCE: a Quick Primer Challenges Ahead Appendix I: DHS Infrastructure Sectors (as of 2009) Elements of Structural Health in Civil Engineering (SHCE) SHCE: A New Field in Civil Engineering? SHCE: Baseball Analogy SHCE and DESIGN Paradigms NDT versus SHM Value of Information Lives and Deaths of Infrastructures Overview Birth of Bridges Why Bridges Live? Why Bridges Fail/Die? Examples of Bridge Failures Appendix I: Count of Bridges in the United States by Construction Material References Theories and Principles of IHCE Introduction General theory of Experimentation (GTE) Special Theory of Experimentation (STE) Theory of SHM Triangulation Duality Principle in SHM Scaling Principle in SHM Serendipity Principle in SHM PART II: Components of IHCE Sensors and Infrastructures Health Introduction Sensor Categorizations Basics of Sensor Behavior Sensor Measurements in SHM Emerging Technology: Fiber Optics Sensors Wireless Sensors Smart Structures Optimum Sensor Selection Optimum Sensor Location Step by Step Guide for Choosing Sensors Remote Sensing in SHM Structural Identification (STRID) Introduction STRID Processes Modal Identification Methods Parameter Identification (PI) Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Other Methods Modeling Techniques Scale Independent Methods (SIM) Case Studies Life Cycle Analysis and STRID Cost-Benefit Analysis of STRID Damage Identification (DMID) Introduction Damage Parameters STRID, DMID, and SHM NDT Techniques Acoustic Emission Vibration-based Methods Signal Processing and DMID Damage Identification in SHM Appendix: Lamb Waves Appendix: Dispersion Curves Appendix: Helmholtz Equation Appendix: Angular Spectrum Method Decision Making in IHCE Introduction Decision Making Process and Structural Health Components Probability and Statistics Traditional Theories of Decision Making Reliability Risk Stochastic Models Structural Analysis in Decision Making Financial Considerations Appendices