Browsing by Subject "Structural dynamics--Statistical methods"

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Characteristic traffic load effects from a mixture of loading events on short to medium span bridges

Caprani, Colin C. ; O'Brien, Eugene J. ; McLachlan, Geoffrey J. (Elsevier, 2008-09)

In recent years highway bridge load assessment has been recognised as an area through which savings can be made by avoiding unnecessary bridge refurbishment and replacement. Load effects in bridges result from single truck ...
The structural reliability of bridges subject to time-dependent deterioration

Bordallo-Ruiz, Alberto ; McNally, Ciaran ; Caprani, Colin C. ; O'Brien, Eugene J. (Civil-Comp Press, 2007-09)

The reliability of the structural performance of any given structure is affected by both in-service loading and material deterioration due to environmental attack. They must be evaluated at any given time in order to compute ...
The use of predictive likelihood to estimate the distribution of extreme bridge traffic load effect

Caprani, Colin C. ; O'Brien, Eugene J. (Elsevier, 2010-03)

To assess the safety of an existing bridge, the loads to which it may be subject in its lifetime are required. Statistical analysis is used to extrapolate a sample of load effect values from the simulation period to the ...