Performance-Based Engineering of Transportation Infrastructure Considering Multiple Hazards
Performance- or risk-based earthquake engineering has gained widespread acceptance as a path to achieve user-specified performance targets, which include characterizations of casualties, repair cost, and business interruption, for intensity, scenario- and time-based assessments. There are tools whose roots are in U.S. nuclear energy (from the late 1970s and early 1980s) but no companion toolkit for performance-based earthquake engineering transportation infrastructure. Earthquakes are not the only natural or man-made hazard posed to transportation networks, and there is no framework, in either the building or transportation domain, to accommodate them. The primary goals of this project are to: (1) extend the FEMA P-58 framework for performance-based earthquake engineering of buildings to transportation networks; (2) apply the framework to a simple transportation network involving three or four bridges to demonstrate its use and identify opportunities for improvement; and (3) expand the framework developed to accommodate extreme wind loadings. Ultimately, researchers will develop a plan to benefit the transportation community with tools and techniques for performance-based engineering of transportation networks regarding appropriate investment levels for new-build and retrofit/rehabilitation projects. In the long-term, this potentially may result in significant savings for large infrastructure projects.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $135043
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551847102
CAIT-UTC-REG14
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Rutgers University
100 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ United States 08854-8058 77 Water Street
New York, NY United States 10005 -
Project Managers:
Szary, Patrick
Carter, Matt
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Performing Organizations:
221 Ketter Hall
Buffalo, NY United States 14260 -
Principal Investigators:
Sett, Kallol
Wu, Teng
- Start Date: 20181001
- Expected Completion Date: 20200131
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Earthquake resistant design; Hazard evaluation; Infrastructure
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01702253
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG14
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Oct 10 2018 11:50AM