Updating reliability of steel miter gates on locks and dams using visual inspection results

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-333

  Estes, Allen C ^a   Frangopol, Dan M ^b   Foltz, Stuart D ^c  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Condition states; Corrosion; Deterioration models; Fatigue cracks; Inspection; Limit states; Locks; Miter gates; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

DAMS; HYDRAULIC GATES; INSPECTION; LIFE CYCLE; LOCKS (ON WATERWAYS); REPAIR;

STEEL MITER GATES;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

DAM; GATE; LOCK (WATERWAYS); UPGRADING;

EID: 0742267206     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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