Economic and environmental life cycle assessment of a short-span aluminium composite bridge deck in Canada

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

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Article

Pedneault, Julien¹  Desjardins, Victor²  Margni, Manuele^1,3  Conciatori, David⁴  Fafard, Mario^2,5  Sorelli, Luca^4,6 

[1] Polytech Montreal, Math & Ind Engn Dept, CIRAIG, 3333 Queen Mary Rd,Suite 310, Montreal, PQ H3V 1A2, Canada

[2] Quebec Aluminium Ind Cluster, Ctr Expertise Aluminium, 625 Ave President Kennedy,Bur 505, Montreal, PQ H3A 1K2, Canada

[3] Univ Appl Sci & Arts Western Switzerland HES SO, Sch Engn, Sion, Switzerland

[4] Univ Laval, CRIB, Civil & Water Engn, 1065 Ave Med,Pavillon Adrien Pouliot,Local 2928, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada

[5] Univ Laval, Aluminium Res Ctr REGAL, Civil & Water Engn Dept, 1065 Ave Med,Pavillon Adrien Pouliot,Local 2926, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada

[6] Univ Laval, Wood & Forest Sci Dept, Renewable Mat Res Ctr CRMR, Pavillon Abitibi Price,2405 Rue Terrasse, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada

关键词: Life-cycle cost analysis;    Life cycle assessment;    Bridge deck;    Aluminum-steel composite bridges;    Steel-concrete composite bridges;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127405

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The costs to maintain Que ' bec's infrastructure-most of which was built in the 1960s and 1970s-are considerable, and major maintenance and reconstruction will be required in the coming years. In recent years, aluminum associations promote the increase of aluminum use in infrastructure and especially in bridge construction. This research aims to investigate the advantages of using aluminum deck bridges, which require less maintenance than traditional materials due to the natural resistance to atmospheric corrosion of aluminum, despite their higher investment costs that may limit their deployment. More specifically, the study compares for the first time the life cycle costs and environmental impacts of an aluminum-steel composite deck with a more traditional concrete-steel composite deck and provides a parametrized model allowing practitioners and designers to perform screening life cycle assessment and cost of short span bridge based on our data and results. Results show that the initial cost of aluminum deck is double that of concrete deck, but the overall cost is actually four times lower over the entire life cycle. The environmental results demonstrate the benefits of aluminum deck. Our main recommendation for future decision making in road infrastructure management is therefore to systematically expand the scope of the analysis integrating a full life cycle thinking also including the effects from traffic diversion.

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