Affiliations: [a] Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, TX, USA
| [b] Department of Construction Management, University of Houston, TX, USA
| [c] Department of Maritime Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
| [d] Concrete Technology and Durability Research Center, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author. Masoud Dehghani Champiri, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University
of Houston, TX, USA. Tel.: +1 832 620 5366; E-mail: mdehghanichampiri@uh.edu.
Abstract: Due to high cost of marine structures, health monitoring plays an important role in their maintenance. State of art evaluation systems are highly dependent on human judgment and consequently can be controversial. In order to minimize human interaction in maintenance of such structures, a novel classification system named as Marine Structure Health index (MSHi) is presented. This health index delivers a quantified value that can represent health condition of the structure and could potentially have extensive applications in the evaluation process. In this paper twelve types of distresses have initially been investigated and rated and then a method based on fuzzy Delphi analytic hierarchy process (FDAHP) was developed. A case study shows the application of the developed method.
Keywords: Distress, classification, marine structure health index (MSHi), fuzzy Delphi analytic hierarchy process (FDAHP)
