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Life-cycle system performance of bridges : a robustness-based approach

International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability (12th : 2015 : Vancouver, B.C.)

Corrosion in reinforced concrete and steel structures is among the most damaging phenomena to structural safety and therefore one of the most demanding when facing the life-cycle analysis of such structures. However, the onset and progression of corrosion is highly uncertain. Because damage due to corrosion appears due to environmental aggressive agents which progress on time, it is of interest to develop suitable life-cycle measures of structural robustness with respect to a progressive deterioration of the structural system performance. In this paper, a robustness-based approach as presented in Cavaco et al. (2013) is used to quantify the effect of corrosion on safety and life-cycle maintenance. The level of corrosion is considered as an uncertain parameter. In this way, a probabilistic measure of the robustness, seen as the tolerance to damage, can provide a comprehensive description of the life-cycle system performance. Therefore, a robustness definition and the calculation of the corresponding robustness index are proposed in the paper and further applied to one reinforced concrete and one steel existing bridge to show the practical application and results when applied to real bridges. It is shown how the obtained robustness index for the bridges can be directly co-related to their life-cycle performance and also used to define the optimum intervention strategies.

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This collection contains the proceedings of ICASP12, the 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering held in Vancouver, Canada on July 12-15, 2015. Abstracts were peer-reviewed and authors of accepted abstracts were invited to submit full papers. Also full papers were peer reviewed. The editor for this collection is Professor Terje Haukaas, Department of Civil Engineering, UBC Vancouver.

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0076029

Non UBC

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/