Title The structural safety assessment of the overloaded members of highway bridges /
Authors Kudzys, Antanas
DOI 10.3846/1822-427X.2009.4.149-155
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Is Part of Baltic journal of road and bridge engineering.. Vilnius : Technika. 2009, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 149-155.. ISSN 1822-427X. eISSN 1822-4288
Keywords [eng] Transformed Bayes theorem ; Overloaded bridge ; Safety margin ; Revised reliability index
Abstract [eng] A residual reliability index of load-carrying structures of existing highway bridges overloaded by unforeseen vehicular live loads is discussed. The primary and inspection structural safety margins of particular members of bridges are considered. The primary and revised survival probabilities of intact particular members are analysed. Target reliability indices of the structural members of road bridges are presented. A transformed Bayes theorem in the analysis of revised failure probabilities of overloaded members of highway bridges is recommended. The Bayesian approach is combined with the method of transformed conditional probabilities for series systems. The simple calculation of revised reliability indices of particular members is demonstrated by a numerical example.
Published Vilnius : Technika
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2009
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