Reliability analysis of long span steel arch bridges against wind-induced stability failure

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 132-139

  Cheng, Jin ^a   Li, Q S ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Long span structures; Stability; Steel arch bridges; Structural reliability; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EFFICIENT METHOD; EIGENVALUE METHODS; FIRST-ORDER; LONG SPAN; LONG SPAN STRUCTURES; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RELIABILITY ALGORITHMS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STABILITY FAILURE; STEEL ARCH BRIDGES; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

ARCH BRIDGES; ARCHES; CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATLAB; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; STABILITY; STEEL; STEEL BRIDGES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 67349171156     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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