Developing a traffic load model for bridges based on registered license plates: Verifying structural reliability of existing structures by using Monte Carlo simulations with a load model based on license plates

New and existing bridges in the Netherlands must abide by structural safety codes, such as the Eurocode. In this code, structural safety is expressed through the reliability index 훽. For certain reference periods a threshold value for 훽 exists. When applying prescribed load models given in the Eurocode, the structure is guaranteed to at least...

Geotechnical Seismic Design Code Calibration: A probabilistic study of seismic design code safety

Seismic design codes are currently moving from a force-based design approach to a performance-based design approach. For example, in a performance-based design approach it could be specified how many lanes must be available during the lifetime of a bridge...

Soil Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis in Comparison with Limit State Design Method According to Eurocode 7

The paper contrasts results obtained by the partially factored limit state design method and a more advanced Random Finite Difference Method (RFDM) in a benchmark problem of slope stability analysis with random undrained shear strength parameter. Local Average Subdivision method was used to simulate a non-Gaussian random variable. The key...