When bridges collapse: Researchers study whether we're underestimating risk

Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 02:32 in Mathematics & Economics

The United States is considering a $1 trillion budget proposal to update infrastructure, including its crumbling bridges. An obstacle to spending the money wisely is that the current means of assessing bridges may underestimate their vulnerability, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infrastructure Systems.

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