Probabilistic limit analysis and lifetime prediction of concrete structures

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-412

  Biondini, Fabio ^a   Frangopol, Dan M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive environments; Concrete structures; Lifetime prediction; Limit analysis; Structural damage

Indexed keywords

ARCH BRIDGES; ARCHES; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; HEALTH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS; AXIAL FORCES; BENDING MOMENT RESISTANCE; COLLAPSE LOADS; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; DAMAGING PROCESS; EVOLUTION (CO); GENERAL APPROACH; LIFETIME PREDICTIONS; LIMIT ANALYSES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); PROBABILISTIC PREDICTIONS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE (POF); REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; TIME VARIANT;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 47149111094     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470701270157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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