Study on the Time-dependent Reliability of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Bridge Structures due to Ship Impact

The cumulative damage caused by chloride ion erosion to coastal bridge structures reduces the ship impact resistance of channel bridge structures and leads to changes in reliability of bridge structures on ship impact. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to study the performance degradation change law of corroded bridge structures and to evaluate the ship impact time-dependent reliability of in-service corrosion-damaged bridge structures. Based on the durability decay model of reinforced concrete structures in a chloride ion erosion environment, the time-dependent resistance analysis of bridge structures is carried out considering the reduction of yield strength of longitudinal reinforcement and hoop reinforcement in pile sections and the decay of compressive strength of protective layer concrete. Based on the study of the probabilistic model and parameters of random variables affecting the time-dependent reliability of ship-bridge collision, the typical damage modes of bridge structures under ship impact are analyzed, the time-dependent reliability analysis model of bridge structures under ship impact is established based on the structural damage criterion, the ship-bridge crash limit state functional function is given, and the time-dependent reliability analysis of ship-bridge collision is carried out based on the response surface method.

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