Transportation Infrastructure Management
Instructor: Chassiakos Athanasios
Course code: 5942
Semester: 9ο
e-class: http://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/CIV1532/
Course content:

  • Introduction to transportation infrastructure life-cycle management
  • Economics of transportation infrastructure projects, life cycle analysis, cost-benefit analysis
  • Road pavement defects, triggering causes, monitoring methods
  • Pavement condition evaluation, impact assessment on users and the environment
  • Pavement condition deterioration in time under traffic loading
  • Maintenance and rehabilitation strategies for road pavements
  • Defects, maintenance and rehabilitation treatments for bridges and road structures
  • Prioritization of maintenance and rehabilitation needs, resource allocation optimization
  • Traffic safety considerations in road maintenance and rehabilitation
  • Computerized pavement and bridge management systems


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