Abstract
In this paper, an attempt is made to develop an expert system for evaluating the structural durability of bridges. The damage assessment of reinforced concrete decks is considered, because their failures have been occasionally reported. Similar to the usual expert systems, this system consists of interpreter, data-base and rule-base. All rules are represented by means of production rules with certainty factors. Both data-base and rule-base are divided into several groups to reduce the execution time and make the modification of rules easier. An application example is presented to illustrate and demonstrate the expert system developed herein.
