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Implementation of Road Performance Calculation Models Used in Strategic Planning Systems for Lithuania Conditions

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2020
Deficiency or inadequate allocation of road maintenance and development funds leads to total road network degradation. In order to ensure proper condition of road pavement with a limited budget, we need road maintenance optimisation for the entire road ...
Martynas Jurkevičius   +2 more
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An Application of Android Sensors and Google Earth in Pavement Maintenance Management Systems for Developing Countries

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Governments and road agencies face the challenging task of maintaining roads. One of the reasons this is challenging is that the maintenance process requires utilizing a substantial amount of road network condition data.
Abdullah I. Al-Mansour   +1 more
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Mountain Road-Culvert Maintenance Algorithm [PDF]

open access: yesWater, 2021
The objective of this research was to determine the probability of road overtopping occurrence for a road culvert caused by surface runoff from the upstream catchment. A hydrological–hydraulic model was used for the development of an algorithm for road culvert maintenance based on the overtopping occurrence probability (CMOOP algorithm) for small ...
Vladimir Mandić   +5 more
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Probabilistic Assessment of the Safety of Main Cables for Long-Span Suspension Bridges considering Corrosion Effects

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2021
This paper presents a reliability analysis to assess the safety of corroded main cables of a long-span suspension bridge. A multiscale probability model was established for the resistance of the main cables considering the length effect and the Daniels ...
Hao Tian   +4 more
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Optimising Road Maintenance [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Transport Forum Discussion Papers, 2012
Mathematical optimisation models, supported by suitable data, can assist decision making about allocating funds between alternative maintenance tasks and about the size of the maintenance budget. The maintenance optimisation problem is, in essence, to find the optimum balance between the costs and benefits of maintenance, while taking into account ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Arc-routing for winter road maintenance [PDF]

open access: yesDiscrete Optimization, 2021
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Jirí Fink   +2 more
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Alignment model for trunk road network maintenance outsourcing

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2016
Road maintenance outsourcing is now the foremost strategy by which road authorities procure maintenance works. Despite growing application of road maintenance outsourcing, there are conflicting estimates on the effective­ness of road maintenance ...
Ena E. Orugbo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges in Forest Road Maintenance in North America

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021
Maintenance is a key component of managing a forest road network. Forest road networks in North America are managed to provide economic access to forest resources while minimizing the environmental impacts of those roads.
Elizabeth M. Dodson
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Roads and Vehicle Maintenance [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, 1920
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Assessment Model of Levels for Winter Road Maintenance

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2017
The limited funding for the road industry leads to economizing in the planning of road network maintenance, to identifying the appropriate priorities of the activities with the greatest benefit for the society.
Tomas Ratkevičius   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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