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Lifecycle cost and CO2 emission comparison of conventional and rationalized bridges

Itoh, Yoshito, Tsubouchi, Saori, Kim, In-Tae and Liu, Chunlu 2006, Lifecycle cost and CO2 emission comparison of conventional and rationalized bridges, Journal of global environment engineering, vol. 11, pp. 45-58.

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Title Lifecycle cost and CO2 emission comparison of conventional and rationalized bridges
Author(s) Itoh, Yoshito
Tsubouchi, Saori
Kim, In-Tae
Liu, Chunlu
Journal name Journal of global environment engineering
Volume number 11
Start page 45
End page 58
Publisher Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Place of publication Tokyo, Japan
Publication date 2006
ISSN 1341-1268
Keyword(s) lifecycle analysis
lifecycle cost (LCC)
lifecycle C02 (LCC02J emission
rationalized bridges
span length
Summary The construction industry consumes a great deal of natural resources and energy in constructing, maintaining and demolishing their products such as buildings and bridges. These activities lead significant impacts on global and regional environments in addition to their economic expenses. In this research, the lifecycle cost (LCC) and lifecycle CO2 (LCCO2) emission of newly developed bridges, including the minimized girder, rationalized box-girder and rationalized truss bridges, are quantified and compared with those of the conventional I-girder, box-girder and truss bridges. It was found that the newly developed types of bridges have lower values in both LCC and LCCO2 than the corresponding conventional bridges do. The effects of span lengths on LCC and LCCO2 are studied for both conventional and rationalized bridges. The characteristics of LCC and LCCO2 are investigated over the lifecycle of a bridge including its construction, maintenance and replacement stages.
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Language eng
Field of Research 090506 Structural Engineering
Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2006, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008958

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: School of Architecture and Built Environment
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