Consideration of time-evolving capacity distributions and improved degradation models for seismic fragility assessment of aging highway bridges

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 154; pp. 197 - 218
• Main Authors: Ghosh, Jayadipta, Sood, Piyush
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Chloride-induced deterioration; Corrosion; Highway Bridges; Pitting; Probability; Reliability; Seismic fragility; Time-evolving capacity; Pitting; Chloride-induced deterioration; Corrosion; Probability; Highway Bridges; Reliability; Seismic fragility; Time-evolving capacity

This paper presents a methodology to develop seismic fragility curves for deteriorating highway bridges by uniquely accounting for realistic pitting corrosion deterioration and time-dependent capacity distributions for reinforced concrete columns under chloride attacks. The proposed framework offers...