Partial safety factors for assessment of existing bridges

DV Val; MG Stewart

Partial safety factors for assessment of existing bridges

DV Val^*, MG Stewart

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As civil infrastructure is aging, the assessment of existing structures including bridges is becoming increasingly important. Current bridge codes have been developed for new design and are not efficient for assessment because of significant differences between these two situations. One of the main differences is the possibility to update information about an existing bridge. The paper proposes how updating can be taken into account in the context of current code safety formats such as the partial factor and LRFD formats. Different sources of information for updating including on-site inspection, proof load testing and past performance of a bridge are considered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Applications of statistics and probability : civil engineering reliability and risk analysis
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the ICASP 8 Conference
Editors	RE Melchers, MG Stewart
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	August Aimé Balkema
Pages	659-665
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9789058090867, 90-5809-086-8
Publication status	Published - 2000
Event	8th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability - SYDNEY, Australia Duration: 12 Dec 1999 → 15 Dec 1999

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Conference	8th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability
Abbreviated title	ICASP 8
Country/Territory	Australia
City	SYDNEY
Period	12/12/99 → 15/12/99

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model
reliability

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Val, DV & Stewart, MG 2000, Partial safety factors for assessment of existing bridges. in RE Melchers & MG Stewart (eds), Applications of statistics and probability : civil engineering reliability and risk analysis: proceedings of the ICASP 8 Conference. August Aimé Balkema, Leiden, pp. 659-665, 8th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability, SYDNEY, Australia, 12/12/99.

Partial safety factors for assessment of existing bridges. / Val, DV; Stewart, MG.
Applications of statistics and probability : civil engineering reliability and risk analysis: proceedings of the ICASP 8 Conference. ed. / RE Melchers; MG Stewart. Leiden: August Aimé Balkema, 2000. p. 659-665.

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