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Chapter 2 Diagnostic Design and Selective Reconstruction 39
2.1 MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING - 39
2.2 THE REHABILITATION PROCESS - 44
2.3 PROGRESSIVE DESIGN PHASES FOR CONTINUITY - 52
2.4 THE ROLE OF REDUNDANCY AND FRACTURE CRITICAL MEMBERS - 60
2.5 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE - 61
2.6 COMBINING OLD AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION - 66
BIBLIOGRAPHY - 73
Chapter 3 Bridge Failure Studies and Safety Engineering 75
3.1 HISTORY OF DISASTERS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT - 75
3.2 THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ENGINEERING - 78
3.3 MANY ASPECTS OF FAILURES - 81
3.4 A DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH - 81
3.5 A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF RECENT FAILURES - 85
3.6 DESIGN DEFICIENCY AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS - 92
3.7 FATIGUE FAILURES AND SUGGESTED PREVENTIVE ACTIONS - 94
3.8 CONSTRUCTION DEFICIENCY AND SUGGESTED PREVENTIVE ACTIONS - 95
3.9 VESSEL COLLISION OR FLOATING ICE AND SUGGESTED PREVENTIVE ACTIONS - 99
3.10 TRAIN ACCIDENTS CAUSING BRIDGE DAMAGE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION - 101
3.11 VEHICLE IMPACT AND PREVENTIVE ACTION - 102
3.12 BLAST LOAD AND PREVENTIVE ACTION - 103
3.13 FIRE DAMAGE TO SUPERSTRUCTURES AND PREVENTIVE ACTION - 104
3.14 SUBSTRUCTURE DAMAGE DUE TO EARTHQUAKE AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS - 105
3.15 WIND AND HURRICANE ENGINEERING - 109
3.16 LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND NEGLECT - 110
3.17 UNFORESEEN CAUSES LEADING TO FAILURES - 112
3.18 A POSTMORTEM OF FAILURES - 114
3.19 THE STUDY OF MODES OF FAILURE - 116
3.20 STEPS TO AVOID FAILURES - 117
3.21 REITERATING NEEDED PREVENTIVE MEASURES - 124
BIBLIOGRAPHY - 128
