Structural Reliability Assessment for existing composite bridges without design documents
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Thomas Braml
Manfred Keuse |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 17th IABSE Congress: Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure, Chicago, USA, 17-19 September 2008 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Chicago 2008 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 388-389 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2008 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137908796293145 | ||||
| Abstract: |
In order to achieve a fast and reliable determination of the load-bearing capacity of existing bridges while in missions abroad, a system to classify bridges was developed. Generally, no building documents are available in such a case. The assessment system works on two different levels of accuracy: a quick assessment only with geometric input values, and a structural analysis which requires additional material properties. If the generated military load class from the quick assessment is insufficient, a more accurate classification based on structural analysis is carried out. |
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| Keywords: |
composite bridges reliability load-bearing capacity military load class assessment existing bridges design documents
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