Acceptable Risk in Military Bridge Evaluation

Andrew James MacDonald; R. Gordon Wight; F. Michael Bartlett

doi:10.3849/aimt.01106

Authors

Andrew James MacDonald Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; McCall Engineering Limited, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
R. Gordon Wight Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
F. Michael Bartlett Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3849/aimt.01106

Keywords:

acceptable risk, bridge evaluation, life-safety, military risk, operations

Abstract

In military bridge evaluation, acceptable life-safety risk in crossings should be aligned with the acceptable life-safety risk of the associated military operation. A continuum of acceptable life-safety risk exists for military operations, thus a continuum of acceptable life-safety risk for military vehicles crossing bridges exists. The paper relates military mission life-safety acceptable risk levels to acceptable bridge crossing life-safety risk in an approximate quantitative manner. A continuum of acceptable life-safety risk for military bridge crossings provides flexibility in mission planning and execution, while providing engineers a basis to conduct military bridge evaluation that is consistent with the mission intent.

Author Biographies

Andrew James MacDonald, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; McCall Engineering Limited, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Research Associate, Military Engineering Research Group, Royal Military College of Canada
F. Michael Bartlett, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

ff of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringAssociate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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