Lifetime reliability-based optimization of reinforced concrete cross-sections under corrosion

Structural Safety

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Biondini, Fabio ^a   Frangopol, Dan M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Concrete structures; Corrosion; Diffusion; Lifetime performance; Reliability based design

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT; CONCRETE COVER; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; DISCRETE GRADIENT; LIFETIME PERFORMANCE; LIFETIME RELIABILITY; MATERIAL COST; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PROBABILISTIC OPTIMIZATION; RC STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN; STEEL REINFORCEMENTS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TIME VARIANT; TIME-DEPENDENT CONSTRAINTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CORROSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70249137174     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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