简介:Currently,thedesignpracticeofhighwaybridgesaroundtheworldaremovingtowardslimitstatesdesign,areliability-baseddesignprocedure.CanadianHighwayBridgeDesignCode(CHBDC)isthefirstdesigncodeentirelydevelopedbasedonlimitstatesdesignphilosophy,includingfoundationsandFRPcomponents.However,reliabilityofastructuredecreasesinserviceduetoenvironmentalattacksandmaterialdeteriorationsuchasfatigue,corrosionandmanyotherreasons.Therefore,thestructureshouldbeinspectedperiodically,andthereliabilityofthestructureshouldbeevaluatedaccordingtoitsageandfielddata.Ifitsreliabilityisreducedtoacertainlevel,arepairshouldbescheduledaswellassomepreventivemaintenancemeasuresshouldbeimplementedtopreventfurtherdeterioration.Recently,manyresearchworkshavebeenconductedtoinvestigatereliability-deteriorationmechanismsforeachtypeofinfrastructureanditscomponents,optimizetheinspectionandmaintenancestrategy,predictremainingservicelife,estimateitslifecyclecost.Thispaperisfocusedonthestudyofreliability-deteriorationmechanismsofslabonsteelgirderbridgesduetofatigueandcorrosionofsteelgirdersaswellascorrosionofreinforcementinthedeckslab.Exampleswillalsobegiventoillustratetheproposedlifecyclemanagementstrategyforcompositeslabonsteelgirderbridges.
简介:为了克服随机方法对于小样本难以处理的缺陷,充分利用客观的不确定性信息,构建了物理参数和载荷同时具有未确知性的系留气球设备挂架结构有限元分析模型,并提出了基于未确知理论的系留气球设备挂架结构静力分析方法.利用未确知有理数的运算规则,推导出挂架结构位移响应和单元应力响应的计算表达式.得出结构位移和应力响应取某值的可信度与各参数取值可信度的趋势一致的结论.在缺乏足够数据或者信息不完整的情况下,用未确知信息表述结构模型参数的不确定性,比用成熟的随机方法具有更高的可信度且方法简易可行.算例给出了未确知信息挂架结构最大位移和应力响应的可能值及其可信度的计算结果,表明该方法的可行性和有效性.