Time-dependent reliability assessment of existing concrete bridges including non-stationary vehicle load and resistance processes

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 197; p. 109426
• Main Authors: Yuan, Yangguang, Han, Wanshui, Li, Guangling, Xie, Qing, Guo, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.10.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Bridge loads; Bridge maintenance; Component reliability; Concrete; Concrete bridges; Deterioration; Existing concrete bridges; Extreme values; Gamma process; Generalised extreme value distribution; Inspection; Load resistance; Non-stationary properties; Reliability analysis; Target reliability index; Time dependence; Time-dependent reliability assessment; Time-dependent reliability assessment; Existing concrete bridges; Gamma process; Non-stationary properties; Target reliability index; Generalised extreme value distribution

•The non-stationary properties of vehicle load process and resistance deterioration process are considered simultaneously to propose a time-dependent reliability assessment procedure.•Specifically, the dynamic generalized extreme value distributions and the Monte Carlo simulation are combined to rea...