Adaptive Reliability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Using Nondestructive Testing Conference Paper

abstract

• Seismic fragility reflects the ability of a structure to withstand future seismic demands. To obtain an accurate assessment of seismic fragility, it is critical to incorporate information about the current structural properties. This paper describes a probabilistic framework to incorporate information from nondestructive testing (NDT) in the estimates of the seismic fragility of a reinforced concrete (RC) bridge. The proposed framework combines global and local damage detection methods to incorporate information from nondestructive testing (NDT) on the properties of an existing bridge. As an illustration, the proposed probabilistic framework is used to assess the seismic fragility of an example reinforced concrete bridge. Copyright ASCE 2011.

name of conference

• Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk

authors

• Hurlebaus, Stefan

published proceedings

• Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk

author list (cited authors)

• Huang, Q., Gardoni, P., & Hurlebaus, S.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Huang, Q||Gardoni, P||Hurlebaus, S

publication date

• April 2011

publisher

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)  Publisher

keywords

• Bayesian Updating
• Damage Detection
• Linear Regression Model
• Measurement Errors
• Modal Parameters
• Modeling Errors
• Nondestructive Testing
• Probabilistic Capacity Models
• Probabilistic Demand Models
• Rebound Hammer
• Reinforced Concrete Bridges
• Reliability Analysis
• Sample Size
• Seismic Fragility
• Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1061/41170(400)112

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780784411704

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7920

start page

• 922

end page

• 929

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1061%2F41170%28400%29112