Abstract: Condition assessment is very important to determine the best repair action but it is not an easy to evaluate the condition of a structure accurately because of the assessment of an existing structure usually suffers from the limited data and imprecise theoretical models, also because of any experiment or test on an existing structure need to be non-destructive test. Infrastructure is suffered from continuous ageing effects. Deterioration or degradation is inevitable process for all building elements. The main problem is how they deteriorate and at what rate. Reliable inspection and observation tools are therefore an increasing demand. The diagnosis and the evaluation of current conditions and residual service life of existing structures are key aspects of concrete structure management. This paper discusses predicting surface condition of each element during building service life and over all building condition by using a Marcovian model. The condition assessment accurately evaluates the effect of building elements, depending on the current condition assessment; the proposed deterioration model predicts the future deterioration of the elements for each year in the building life cycle. As follows, the present and the future deteriorations are monitored by the proposed framework and used to get the best repair options.
Keywords: Condition assessment, Marcovian model, service life, building life cycle, element deterioration, deterioration index, future deteriorations, rehabilitation.
Title: Condition Assessment and Deterioration Prediction of RC Structures
Author: Ahmed Mohammed Abdelalim, Nahla Ali Mohamed fahmy, Hatem Hamdy Ghith, Alaa Gamal sheriff
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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