Optimum maintenance strategy for deteriorating bridge structures based on lifetime functions

Engineering Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-206

  Yang, Seung Ie ^a   Frangopol, Dan M ^a   Neves, Luís C ^a,b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bridges; Deteriorating structures; Lifetime functions; Maintenance; Optimum maintenance strategy; System performance

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BRIDGES; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REPAIR; RESTORATION;

DETERIORATING STRUCTURES; LIFETIME FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM MAINTENANCE STRATEGY; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BRIDGE; MAINTENANCE;

EID: 28444480647     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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