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Performance Assessment of Repair and Reinforcement of Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridges in Service Based on Time-Dependent Reliability under Environmental Sustainability Development

Version 1 : Received: 4 February 2024 / Approved: 5 February 2024 / Online: 5 February 2024 (15:36:50 CET)

How to cite: Xiaolin, F.; Dong, F.; Wang, J. Performance Assessment of Repair and Reinforcement of Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridges in Service Based on Time-Dependent Reliability under Environmental Sustainability Development. Preprints 2024, 2024020282. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0282.v1 Xiaolin, F.; Dong, F.; Wang, J. Performance Assessment of Repair and Reinforcement of Concrete Cable-Stayed Bridges in Service Based on Time-Dependent Reliability under Environmental Sustainability Development. Preprints 2024, 2024020282. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0282.v1

Abstract

The reliability of concrete cable-stayed bridge structure is time variant. This is due to strength deterioration and time-variant mechanical and environmental loadings. Demands for keeping concrete cable-stayed bridge structure in functional and reliable states require maintenance interventions. Limited financial resources require optimal maintenance strategies. These strategies have to consider the effects of uncertainties not only on the structural reliability deterioration but also on the maintenance interventions. By analyzing variation of concrete cable-stayed concrete cable-stayed bridge liabilities and benefit expectation through different maintenance programs, on the condition of satisfying the concrete cable-stayed bridge performance, with the maximum expected benefit as the target to discuss repair and reinforcement strategies for the concrete cable-stayed bridges in service. The method takes into account the present performance and future expected benefit, optimizing the performance of the concrete cable-stayed bridge and the expected benefit through determination policies of concrete cable-stayed concrete cable-stayed bridge maintenance program. The proposed method also includes an advanced cost model which takes into account the interaction between costs of maintenance interventions and their effect on reliability. Examples are presented demonstrating the application of the proposed method to a stock of existing deteriorating concrete cable-stayed bridges under various maintenance scenarios.

Keywords

concrete cable-stayed bridge in service; maintenance repair and reinforcement; environmental sustainability durability; time-dependent reliability; forward and inverse reliability theory

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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