Introduction
Planning for system upkeep is as important in civil engineering as a comprehensive analysis is for understanding associated costs and environmental impacts. It’s essential to balance the timing and environmental effects of maintenance work. Our team’s project revolves around six civil systems: pipelines, swimming pools, cutoff walls, beam concrete, pavement, and retaining walls—each vital for providing foundational support and functionality to infrastructure.
In an era where environmental sustainability is paramount, our project aims to establish a self-sufficient framework for these civil systems, underscored by a thorough analysis that highlights the need for environmentally conscious energy production and system maintenance.
This website is structured to give you insights into:
- Introduction: is an introduction to our group project focused on the maintenance planning and life cycle analysis of six civil systems.
- Integration Context of the System: It outlines how these civil systems coexist and interact, underlining the importance of an integrated approach to maintenance that considers the interplay between different infrastructural elements.
- Maintenance Planning: This section details the strategies for sustaining these systems over the long term, emphasizing efficiency and minimal environmental disturbance.
- Life Cycle Analysis: Here, we present a detailed account of the energy and emissions costs, factoring in the maintenance operations of each system.
- Multi-Objective Optimization: This part of the report describes how we’ve balanced various factors such as maintenance duration, frequency, and associated costs to optimize system performance.
Through this initiative, we aim to foster the development of green infrastructure and promote practices that are both efficient and environmentally responsible.