Bridge deck replacement for minimum expected cost under multiple reliability constraints

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1414-1419

  Stewart, Mark G ^a   Estes, Allen C ^b   Frangopol, Dan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Concrete; Corrosion; Life cycle cost; Limit states; Rehabilitation; Reliability; Replacement

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE COST; LIMIT STATES; REPLACEMENT; STATE HIGHWAYS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CORROSION; COSTS; CRACK INITIATION; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BRIDGE DECKS;

EID: 13944264270     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:9(1414)     Document Type: Article

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