Monitoring-based fatigue reliability assessment of steel bridges: Analytical model and application

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1563-1573

  Ni, Y Q ^a   Ye, X W ^a   Ko, J M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bridges, steel; Bridges, suspension; Fatigue; Fatigue life; Finite element method; Monitoring; Reliability; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BEAM SECTIONS; BRIDGES , STEEL; BRIDGES, SUSPENSION; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FATIGUE RELIABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FULL-SCALE MODELS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; HOT SPOT STRESS; HYBRID PARAMETERS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MINER'S RULE; MIXED WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI-MODAL; NOMINAL STRESS; PROBABILISTIC FORMULATION; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RAILWAY TRAFFIC; RELIABILITY EVALUATION; RELIABILITY INDEX; S-N CURVE; STOCHASTIC CHARACTERISTIC; STRAIN MONITORING; STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTORS; STRESS RANGE; STRESS SPECTRUM; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; T JOINTS; TYPHOON EFFECTS;

DAMAGE DETECTION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MINERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAILROADS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STEEL BRIDGES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

MONITORING;

EID: 81855161044     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000250     Document Type: Article

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