Probabilistic Analysis of Maintenance Options
Maintenance usually means service disruption, repair cost and loss of production. This is especially true for structures or components which provide basic infrastructure services, such...

Remote Infrared Thermal Sensing of Sewer Voids
The question addressed by this paper is how to detect unseen problem areas in sewer systems before they give way. At present, progressive sewer administrations may use crawl crews or television...

The New Generation of Pipeline Rehabilitation
The new advancements in pipelines reconstruction technologies now permit total sewer system rebuilding of collectors, drainlines, manholes, service laterals, and force mains without excavation....

Rehabilitation of Rapidly Urbanizing Streams
DuPage County, Illinois is implementing a stream maintenance program with the purpose of restoring and preserving the hydraulic efficiency of its streams and drainageways. The program...

The Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems
In July of 1988, the US Bureau of Reclamation awarded the University of Colorado a 4 year, 4 million dollar Cooperative Agreement for the development of a Center of Excellence in the Application...

IDA: A Prototype CAI System in Military Transportation
To reduce the cost and time associated with on-site training while retaining the advantage of a conventional one-to-one learning environment, a computer-aided-instruction (CAI) system...

Using SAF to Focus Mainframe Transportation Planning Data
This paper presents an overview of software called 'SAF' developed under FHWA sponsorship to assist in converting mainframe planning data sets into formats which can be input into microcomputer...

Graphics Display of Convoy Movements
U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is sponsoring the development of a Convoy Mobilization Automated Support System (MASS) to be used during routine planning and exercise movements for...

Current Status and Future of the Highway Capacity Software
This paper discusses the current status of the Highway Capacity Software (HCS) and comments on its future, including its relations with other capacity software. Subjects covered include...

Generating Collision Diagrams
The paper discusses the COLLDIAG computer program which, when working in conjunction with a powerful computer-aided drafting program (AutoCAD), can generate collision diagrams for various...

Implementation of HISAM/HISAFE Microcomputer Programs
The Federal Highway Administration had sponsored the development of two software packages called HISAM and HISAFE. HISAM primarily provides an alternative means to store related accident...

Computer-Assisted Creativity for Traffic Problems
The main objectives of this paper are to describe a system for computer-assisted creativity, or innovation support, known as The Idea Machine (TIM), and to highlight two case study applications...

Problem Identification Phase in Transportation System Management
This paper describes a diagnostic management tool - procedure PITS (Problem Identification in Transportation Systems) which classifies and priorities groups of the deficiencies, thus facilitating...

DELVACS: A Computer Program for Performance Evaluation of Low Volume Coordinated Semi-Actuated Systems
This paper presents a computer program which provides a tool for making choices between coordinated and free operation on an arterial roadway under semi-actuated control. The decision...

Microprocessor-Based Motorist Aid Systems
Motorist aid systems (MAS's) currently being built under a state legislated program in California are fully exploiting the benefits of microprocessor technology. This technology...

World Bank's HDM-PC: A Microcomputer Aid for Road Planning and Management
HDM-PC, a microcomputer adaptation of the mainframe Highway Design and Maintenance Standards Model (HDM-III), is a powerful analytical tool for the engineering-economic evaluation of road...

A Bridge Management System Module for the Selection of Rehabilitation and Replacement Projects
A procedure, developed for the state of Texas is reported, which determines an allocation budget for bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects, using multi-attribute criteria and...

Economic Analysis of Local Highway Maintenance
This paper presents a computer program which uses the present worth of life-cycle costs as a basis to select the most cost-effective maintenance strategy to apply to local highway pavements....

A Microcomputer Aided Bridge Management System
This paper presents a microcomputer based software system suitable for a local agency which will permit a local bridge system to be systematically evaluated with the use of a bridge management...

Database Network for Innovative Maintenance Operations
This paper provides a summary of the main documentation supporting users of the MAINeT Highway Maintenance Innovations Network. More specifically, the paper explains how to: - find, review,...

 

 

 

 

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