The use of reliability analysis to aid bridge management

Structural Engineer

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Lark, Robert J ^a   Flaig, Katja D ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Allianz AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appraising; Bridges; Examples; Reliability; Risk management; Techniques

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ACCEPTABLE VALUE (AAV); BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATISM; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; ELASTICITY; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 17444372342     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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