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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute

J Korea Inst. Struct. Maint. Insp.
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Title Definition, End-of-life Criterion and Prediction of Service Life for Bridge Maintenance
Authors 정유석(Yo-Seok Jeong) ; 김우석(Woo-Seok Kim) ; 이일근(Il-Keun Lee) ; 이재하(Jae-Ha Lee) ; 김진광(Jin-Kwang Kim)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.11112/jksmi.2016.20.4.068
Page pp.68-76
ISSN 2234-6937
Keywords Bridge maintenance ; End-of-life criterion ; Regression model ; Service life
Abstract The present study proposes the definition of service life and the end-of- life criterion for bridge maintenance. Bridges begin to deteriorate as soon as they are put into service. Effective bridge maintenance requires sound understanding of the deterioration mechanism as well as the expected service life. In order to determine the expected service life of a bridge for effective bridge maintenance, it is necessary to have a clear definition of service life and end-of-life. However, service life can be viewed from several perspectives based on literature review. The end of a bridge’s life can be also defined by more than one perspective or performance measure. This study presents definition of service life which can be used for bridge maintenance and the end-of life criterion using the performance measure such as a damage score. The regression model can predict an average service life of bridges using the proposed end-of-life criterion.