Causes and consequences of metallic bridge failures

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

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-98

  Imam, Boulent M ^a   Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Causes; Consequences; Failure; Risk assessment; Robustness

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE FAILURES; CAUSES; CONSEQUENCES; DESIGN ERRORS; HUMAN ERRORS; METALLIC BRIDGE; NATURAL HAZARD; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RISK-BASED; ROBUSTNESS EVALUATION; TEMPORAL DOMAIN;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DISASTERS; ERRORS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BRIDGES;

EID: 84857611683     PISSN: 10168664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2749/101686612X13216060213437     Document Type: Review

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