Reliability assessment of existing reinforced concrete bridges and viaducts through proof load testing

In the assessment of existing infrastructure performing only a desk study is often not sufficient to determine the structural reliability of a bridge or viaduct. For concrete structures gathering field data by performing a proof load test offers detailed information about the structural performance. However, the relation between the magnitude of...

Probabilistic Design: Risk and Reliability Analysis in Civil Engineering

Calibration of partial factors in the safety assessment of existing concrete slab bridges for shear failure

The assessment of the structural safety of existing bridges and viaducts becomes increasingly important in many countries due to the age of the structures and an increase in traffic loads. Many structures need to be reassessed in order to find out whether the safety requirements are met. Most existing standards, however, are developed for the...

Safety philosophy for existing structures and partial factors for traffic loads on bridges

Evaluating and upgrading existing structures becomes more and more important. For a large part of the existing infrastructure and buildings the design life has been reached or will be reached in the near future. These structures need to be reassessed in order to find out whether the safety requirements are met. Not only for new structures but...

Non parametric continuous Bayesian belief nets in reliability of bridges under traffic load

Betrouwbare trillingsmaatregel: Standaard RekenMethode voor Trillingen (SMR-T), Referentieafstand en variatiestudie TC131-04-09

In dit TNO rapport is een Standaard RekenMethode voor Trillingen (SRM-T) ontwikkeld om het trillingsrisico als gevolg van passerende treinen al in een vroeg stadium te kunnen inschatten.

Super elements in high-rise buildings under stochastic wind load

The design of tall and irregularly shaped buildings becomes more and more usual. A profound understanding of the force transfer and the serviceability conditions in these types of structures is needed. The considered buildings have a building plan that is not constant along the height and the effects of the in-plane floor stiffnesses coupling...