Report on Assessment of Bridges

The application of the algorithms developed in Tasks 21 and 22 for the assessment of performance of railway structures will be demonstrated through consideration of a case study bridge the Boyne Viaduct in County Louth Ireland Probabilistic assessment of the structure will identify hot spot locations for instrumentation and monitoring Subsequently the multi criteria performance optimization algorithms developed will be employed to study the implication of load evolution deterioration and alternative rehabilitation strategies for this landmark structure