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An advanced reliability procedure for lifetime assessment of structures: application to reinforced concrete beams

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Resumo:Lifetime assessment of civil engineer structures is a framework which helps operators in performing its maintenance by evaluating their behaviour during the whole life. In order to do so, a numerical model, which should be a good representation of reality, is usually considered. This paper presents a methodology, based in numerical identification and Bayesian inference techniques, that provides a likely probabilistic model. This is validated with a set of reinforced concrete beams which were loaded up to failure in laboratory. Obtained results point out the advantages of integrating it within such a framework, in detriment of deterministic models.
Autores principais:Matos, José C.
Outros Autores:Valente, Isabel; Cruz, Paulo J. S.; Neves, L. C.
Assunto:Lifetime assessment of structures Numerical model Numerical dentification Bayesian inference Reinforced concrete structures Numerical identification
Ano:2012
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:comunicação em conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:Lifetime assessment of civil engineer structures is a framework which helps operators in performing its maintenance by evaluating their behaviour during the whole life. In order to do so, a numerical model, which should be a good representation of reality, is usually considered. This paper presents a methodology, based in numerical identification and Bayesian inference techniques, that provides a likely probabilistic model. This is validated with a set of reinforced concrete beams which were loaded up to failure in laboratory. Obtained results point out the advantages of integrating it within such a framework, in detriment of deterministic models.