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...

Robustness Analysis of the Dutch Synchromodal Freight Transport Network: Simulating Disruptions on a Macroscopic Graph Model

Freight transport is an essential component of the economy, as among other things it ensures the availability of finished goods to consumers. Synchromodal transport is a new transport method that aims to use real-time and flexible switching among different modes of transport according to the latest logistics information, to utilise the different...