Advanced Topics in Road Maintenance Management Systems [grd1uk]
| Civil Engineering |
Power Point presentations, work on research project
To improve students’ understanding and knowledge about concept and implementation steps of road infrastructure maintenance management systems, at network and project levels.
After completition of the course students will understand and be able to implement advanced functionalities of road maintenance management systems.
Application of systems concept to road management. Road Management levels.Network level (strategic and programming analysis). Project level. Definition of road network in road maintenance management systems. Data base management. Referencing. Inventory data. The use of GISandGPS. Pavement condition survey and analysis. Basic distress types. Survey equipment and methodology for project and network level surveys. Simple and combined pavement condition indicators and their use in pavement management systems. Performance modeling. Deterministic and probabilistic performance models. Prediction of functional and structural pavement condition. Life Cycle Cost Analysis. User costs. Economic parameters for evaluation and selection of optimal strategy at network and project level. Ranking, prioritization and optimization of treatments and maintenance strategies. RMS implementation and interrelation with other infrastructure management systems.
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4. Robinson R., Danielson U. Snaith M.: Road Maintenance Management - Concepts and Systems, Palgrave, UK, 1998.
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