Models for evaluating the costs of bridge failure

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Wong, Siew Moh ^a   Onof, Christian J ^a   Hobbs, Roger E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Failures; Risk probability analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BRIDGE FAILURE; RISK & PROBABILITY ANALYSIS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 26644448500     PISSN: 14784637     EISSN: 17517664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/bren.2005.158.3.117     Document Type: Article

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