Life-cycle assessment of bridges

People

• 
  Assoc Prof Lihai Zhang

  Team Leader
  

• 
  Prof Priyan Mendis, Professor
• 
  Prof Colin Duffield, Professor
• 
  Dr Nilupa Herath, Research Fellow
• 
  Dr Saeed Miramini, Research Fellow
• 
  Mr Babar Naseem Khan Raja, PhD student
• 
  Mr Maizuar Maizuar, PhD student
• 
  Mr Xiaowei Xu, PhD student

Reliability-based life cycle assessment management of bridges

This project aims to evaluate life-cycle structural performance of bridges. Bridges require significant maintenance and rehabilitation; however road authorities currently face numerous challenges in maintaining road assets due to inexact and incomplete information resulting from uncertainty of future traffic demand and degradation of construction materials. By developing an integrated approach involving reliability-based computational methods and modern non-destructive assessment techniques, this project will allow the accurate prediction of ongoing damage through uncertainty analysis. The model developed will provide significant benefits to both the economy and society by ensuring the longevity and safety of the road structures.

Research team

• 
  Assoc Prof Lihai Zhang, Team Leader
• 
  Prof Priyan Mendis, Professor
• 
  Prof Colin Duffield, Professor
• 
  Dr Nilupa Herath, Research Fellow
• 
  Dr Saeed Miramini, Research Fellow
• 
  Mr Babar Naseem Khan Raja, PhD student
• 
  Mr Maizuar Maizuar, PhD student
• 
  Mr Xiaowei Xu, PhD student

Research supports

• ARC IH150100006 (2016)
• ARC LE140100053 (2014)
• Brushfire & natural hazards CRC (2016)
• Australia-Indonesia Centre (2016)

Industrial partners

VicRoads

Road Marinetime Services (RMS)

Metro Train

Chongqing Ideal Tech Co., Ltd (China)

Benjamin Gideon and Associates (Indonesia)