Research Article

Deterioration Prediction of Urban Bridges on Network Level Using Markov-Chain Model

Table 9

Final transition probabilities under natural decay.

CategoryElementAverage valueStandard deviationFinal probability

Bride deck system 0.849 0.048 0.859
0.650 0.042 0.665
0.775 0.079 0.773
0.851 0.090 0.880

Superstructure 0.936 0.032 0.946
0.784 0.073 0.778
0.797 0.135 0.787
0.824 0.099 0.846

Substructure 0.939 0.023 0.943
0.889 0.039 0.903
0.900 0.120 0.952
0.833 0.333 0.938

Whole bridge 0.907 0.043 0.921
0.882 0.039 0.878
0.897 0.070 0.918
0.940 0.049 0.925