https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210420121422.htm

"Rather than considering a bridge as a monolithic structure, the bridge coactive model assesses a bridge as a system in which changes in the condition of each coactive element not only directly affects the overall bridge performance but indirectly influences the performance of the other dependent elements," said Brian Oyegbile, one of the study's authors.

Oyegbile earned his Ph.D. in engineering from UGA in 2020 and now works with the California Department of Transportation.