Probability-based assessment and optimised maintenance management of a large riveted truss railway bridge

Structural Engineering International: Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-382

  O'Connor, Alan ^a   Pedersen, Claus ^a   Gustavsson, Lars ^b   Enevoldsen, Ib ^a  

^a RAMBOLL   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Maintenance optimisation; Railway bridge; Structural safety; Train loading

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LENGTH; CRITICAL LIMIT; DYNAMIC AMPLIFICATION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGHER LOADS; INFLUENCE LINES; MAINTENANCE COST; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; OPTIMISATIONS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PROBABILISTIC MODELLING; RAILWAY BRIDGES; RELIABILITY INDEX; REPAIR STRATEGY; RIVETED JOINTS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STEEL ARCH BRIDGES; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; STRUCTURAL SAFETY; TECHNIQUES USED; TRAIN LOADING; TRAIN LOADS;

AMPLIFICATION; ARCH BRIDGES; COST REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; REPAIR; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRUSSES;

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 72549100579     PISSN: 10168664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2749/101686609789847136     Document Type: Article

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