...Reza Mohammadpour, ME; Aminuddin Ab Ghani, MSc, PhD; Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla, ME, PhD Scouring around abutments and piers is a significant problem in bridge failure. The main objective of this study is to estimate the equilibrium time around long vertical abutments using genetic programming (GP...

... network, this means that only a small sample of network is inspected regularly. Up-to-date condition information on individual sewers is required to minimise sewer network operation failures and, ultimately, to eliminate flooding. There is therefore a need for a quicker and cheaper inspection method...

... during design flood events. Analysis of the failure mechanisms that can occur is thus of considerable interest for river engineers. Experimental results indicate four main failure phases – incipient motion, local failure, global failure and ultimate failure. All these instability mechanisms...

...A. Dehghan, BEng; K. J. McManus, PhD; E. F. Gad, PhD Statistical analysis and prediction of failure rates of water distribution pipes are usually performed using parametric lifetime models. In this paper, a new probabilistic measure for the failure rate, called the ‘likelihood of number of failures...

... of service at an acceptable cost. An appropriate and cost effective prioritisation scheme for periodical surveys could be built based on failure data collected by sewerage companies over time. Such a scheme could be achieved using data-driven modelling techniques jointly with engineering knowledge...