Maintenance of Infrastructure

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Lecturer
Iwanami Mitsuyasu 
Place
Thr7-8(M113)  
Credits
Lecture2  Exercise0  Experiment0
Code
61083
Syllabus updated
2014/3/20
Lecture notes updated
2014/7/24
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Semester
Spring Semester

Outline of lecture

It is of importance to appropriately maintain our infrastructure, that is constructed to achieve comfortable and safe life and integrated economical activity. In the lecture, basic concept of appropriate maintenance, constituent technology such as inspection, evaluation, prediction, and countermeasure, linkage with structural design are explained. Furthermore, recent examples of infrastructure maintenance are analyzed as case studies, aiming to acquiring the relevant knowledge.

Purpose of lecture

The purpose of the lecture is to understand the basic concept of appropriate maintenance, and to get fundamental knowledge on maitenance-related technology such as inspection, evaluation, prediction, and countermeasure, linkage with structural design.

Plan of lecture

1. Introduction
2. Objective of maintenance
3. Basic concept of maintenance
4. Inspection and investigation
5. Performance evaluation and its future prediction
6. Repair and reinforcement
7. Linkage with structural design
8. Case studies (recent example of maintenance)

Textbook and reference

None(some handouts are distributed by the lecturer if necessary)

Related and/or prerequisite courses

None

Evaluation

Attendance (40%) and Reports (60%)

Comments from lecturer

Questions and comments are very welcomed.
-Room: M1-512
-Ext: 3194
-Email: iwanami(at)cv.titech.ac.jp

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