Target reliability indices for quay walls, jetties, and flexible dolphins

Target reliability indices for quay walls, jetties, and flexible dolphins

Roubos, A.A. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk; Port of Rotterdam Authority)
Peters, D.J. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk)
Steenbergen, Raphael D.J.M. (Universiteit Gent; TNO)

Jain, Pooja (editor)
Stahlman, William S. (editor)

2019

Structural codes rely on generalised target reliability indices, which are mainly derived for buildings. It is unclear, however, whether these indices are applicable to the specific risk-profile of quay walls, jetties, and flexible dolphins. In this study, target reliability indices for marine structures were derived from various risk acceptance criteria, such as economic optimisation, individual risk, societal risk, the life quality index, and the social and environmental repercussion index. This article uses a method to determine reliability targets distinguishing time-dependent and time-independent variables, because some important stochastic design variables in the design of marine structures, such as soil and material properties, are largely time-independent. The assessment framework of ISO 2394, taking into account social, economic, and environmental impact, has proven to be a solid basis for reliability differentiation. The method of approach considered in this paper can also be used for evaluating target reliability indices of other geotechnical structures.

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https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482612.061

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

9780784482612

Ports 2019: Port Engineering - Papers from Sessions of the 15th Triennial International Conference

15th Triennial International Conference on Ports 2019: Port Engineering, 2019-09-15 → 2019-09-18, Pittsburgh, United States

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© 2019 A.A. Roubos, D.J. Peters, Raphael D.J.M. Steenbergen