Target Reliability Levels for Existing Bridges Considering Emergency and Crisis Situations

Authors

  • Miroslav Sykora Department of Structural Reliability, Klokner Institute, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Milan Holicky Department of Structural Reliability, Klokner Institute, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Roman Lenner Department of Concrete Constructions, Institute of Structural Engineering, University of Bundeswehr, Neubiberg, Germany
  • Pavel Manas Department of Engineer Technologies, Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic

Keywords:

Emergency situation, failure consequences, human safety, optimization, target reliability

Abstract

Specification of the target reliability levels is one of key issues required for the assessment of existing structures in emergency and crisis situations. International standards ISO 13822 and ISO 2394 indicate procedures for specification of the target reliability levels by optimisation of the total cost. This approach is applied in conjunction with the human safety criteria to estimate the target reliability levels of existing bridges considering emergency or crisis situations. For the reference period of one week obtained target reliabilities are in most cases within the range from 2.0 up to 3.5, thus significantly lower than those applied in the design of new structures.

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20-05-2014

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Target Reliability Levels for Existing Bridges Considering Emergency and Crisis Situations. (2014). Advances in Military Technology, 9(1), 45-57. https://www.aimt.cz/index.php/aimt/article/view/1025

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