Seismic fragility estimates for reinforced concrete bridges subject to corrosion

• Published in: Structural safety Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 275 - 283
• Main Authors: Choe, Do-Eun, Gardoni, Paolo, Rosowsky, David, Haukaas, Terje
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Bridges; Buildings. Public works; Concrete bridges; Corrosion; Drift capacity; Exact sciences and technology; Probabilistic demand models; Reinforced concrete columns; Sensitivity analysis; Shear capacity; Stresses. Safety; Structural analysis. Stresses; USA, California; Shear capacity; Drift capacity; Probabilistic demand models; Sensitivity analysis; Reinforced concrete columns; Corrosion; Demand; Earthquake engineering; Shear strength; Brittleness; Modeling; Reinforced concrete; Bridges; Concrete construction; Drift; Probabilistic model; Application

The paper develops novel probabilistic models for the seismic demand of reinforced concrete bridges subject to corrosion. The models are developed by extending currently available probabilistic models for pristine bridges with a probabilistic model for time-dependent chloride-induced corrosion. In p...