Assessment of the Tanzania railway bridges management system a case study of Tanzania central railway line

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dc.contributor.authorSingo, Mlemba Allan
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-30T10:22:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T14:42:53Z
dc.date.available2019-11-30T10:22:12Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T14:42:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionAvailable in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF TG445.T34S56)en_US
dc.description.abstractFollowing declining of railway transport in Tanzania contributed by infrastructure deterioration including bridges, it was necessary to evaluate the performance of existing Bridge Management System (BMS) in terms of its suitability to the organizational set up of RAHCO and its conformity to international standards. Evaluation of existing BMS was done through five approaches: an interview with management, a critically study on the current BMS, bridges field visual assessment, conducting non-destructive tests and structural analysis. Observation indicated the existing BMS does not suite the organization set up of RAHCO (custodian) because it was designed for operations under of TRC (operator). In terms of its conformity to international standards, the BMS is facing two major problems namely, modules sequence and sensitivity to prioritization. Visual field assessment discovered unattended growing deteriorations to bridge elements which affect the service condition of bridges. Bridge rating condition indicated that three out of seven observed bridges were between fair and poor condition. Non-destructive test in conjunction with structural analysis results indicated that if maintained these bridges were capable of supporting both RL and RU loading conditions. Based on the results of assessment above, it was revealed that there was poor performance of the existing BMS, thus making the safety of railway transport in alarming state. Modifications have been proposed to the current BMS to suite both RAHCO Organization set up and International standards requirements.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSingo, M.A. (2015) Assessment of the Tanzania railway bridges management system a case study of Tanzania central railway line, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/739
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectRailroad bridgesen_US
dc.subjectBridges management systemen_US
dc.subjectRailroadsen_US
dc.subjectTanzania Central Railway lineen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleAssessment of the Tanzania railway bridges management system a case study of Tanzania central railway lineen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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