e-Bridge 3.0: A Strategic Approach to Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges in Costa Rica
The general condition of road infrastructure is a major weakness of the Costa Rican economy. In particular, a significant percentage of national bridges show an average or critical condition regarding parts of their structure. On the other hand, road and
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School of Computer Science, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago, Costa Rica [email protected] 2 School of Construction Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago 159-7050, Costa Rica [email protected]
Abstract. The general condition of road infrastructure is a major weakness of the Costa Rican economy. In particular, a significant percentage of national bridges show an average or critical condition regarding parts of their structure. On the other hand, road and bridge infrastructure is crucial for the national economy since it promotes activities such as tourism and commercial trade. In this context, proper planning and prioritization of infrastructure projects is of high importance for related government institutions. In order to support these strategic activities, it is necessary to gather and monitor up-to-date information originating from different distributed systems and tools. e-Bridge 3.0 is a recent on-going project at the Costa Rica Institute of Tech‐ nology (TEC) aimed at the design of a bridge monitoring system to integrate stra‐ tegic information about bridge structures. Modern business intelligence techniques will be applied to generate strategic performance indicators regarding for instance general reliability and remaining lifespan. This paper introduces the e-Bridge 3.0 project as an initiative towards the establishment of a national bridge monitoring system, which would have a significant impact on the effectiveness of national civil infrastructure management. Keywords: ICT and infrastructure · Bridges · Structural Health Monitoring
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Bridges represent one of the most critical elements of road infrastructure. They are of paramount importance for the general quality of life of individuals and for economic activities such as tourism, goods transportation and businesses. In the particular case of Costa Rica, most bridge structures were built more than 30 years ago and investment on proper maintenance has been minimal. Currently, a national bridge inventory is being carried out by the e-Bridge program at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) in conjunction with the National Road Council. Preliminary inspection results indicate that a significant percentage of bridges show a regular or critical condition regarding specific parts of their structure. The primary causes of this situation are varied in nature including scour, vehicle impact, earthquakes, corrosion, as well as lack of adequate monitoring and maintenance activities. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2016 Published by Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. All Rights Reserved F.J. Mata and A. Pont (Eds.): WITFOR 2016, IFIP AICT 481, pp. 205–210, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44447-5_19
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C. Garita and G. Ortiz
In this context, the e-Bridge 3.0 – Bridge Monitoring System project aims at the design and development of a system prototype to support the integration of information about national bridge structures regarding technical specifications, structural re
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