Computer Program for Railway Bridge Management
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2016-07-29
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AAU
Abstract
A railway route contains a number of bridge structures along its path. Consequently during
operation, these bridges go through different type of load and stresses; as a result the bridges get
damaged. The severity of the damage is mainly dependent on the volume of traffic, tonnage of
the rolling stock, service year of the bridge, maneuver of users, etc. But in order to determine
whether a bridge needs to be maintained or reconstructed, there must be an investigation, either
thorough or timely scheduled investigation.
Asset management is a strategic and systematic process through which an organization procures,
operates, maintains, rehabilitates, and replaces assets to manage their performance, risks, and
costs over their lifecycle to provide safe, cost-effective, and reliable service to current and future
customers.
For an organization to have a proficient bridge asset management, incorporating BMS in the
system is very important. BMS is a formal procedure for collecting, processing, and updating
data, predicting deterioration, identifying alternative actions and predicting their costs, and
identifying optimal preservation policies.
For an effective bridge management, computer aided management system is a very valuable
choice that would serve the need of the authorized legal entity management personnel those
responsible for monitoring of Railway Bridges, and managing bridge maintenance, rehabilitation,
and reconstruction.
This research study is focused to develop and introduce a computer program that could assist
specially bridge asset management decision making. Transportation accesses are critical to the
well being of the nation. And one of the biggest factors to influence transportation is railway
transport service. It supports everyday social, political and economic activities by linking
communities and connecting people with services. Hence, keeping the railway infrastructures in
good condition is keeping the railway transport service efficiently.
The computer program graphical interface is designed using Visual Basic Programming tool
which is user friendly and easy to slot in all necessary information in to the computer. The data
encoded in to the software are stored for fast and reliable accessibility using SQL (Server Query
Language) Server, which allows all authorized computers on the network to access the
information on their desk.
The computer program does bridge registration and inventory, inspection data processing,
priority ranking, maintenance cost estimation and maintenance plan generation.
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Railway Bridge, Management, bridge structures, stresses, load, Computer Program