Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
2.1 CIVIL ENGINEERING
Abstract
The maintenance of highway infrastructure constitutes a major expenditure in many countries. This cost can be reduced significantly by minimizing the repair or replacement of highway bridges. In the assessment of existing bridges, the strength estimate tends to be more accurate than that of traffic loading, due to the more variable nature of loading. Recent advances in the statistical analysis of highway bridge traffic loading have resulted in more accurate forecasts of the actual loading to which a bridge is subject. While these advances require extensive numerical computation, they can significantly improve the accuracy of the calculation. This paper outlines the recent advances and describes the associated computational aspects in detail.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/D7KF80
Recommended Citation
Caprani, C., O'Brien, E.: Statistical computation for extreme bridge traffic load effects. Proceedings of the 8th. International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, ed. B.H.V. Topping, Civil-Comp Press, Paper no. 139, 17pp. Stirling, Scotland, UK, 2006.
Publication Details
In proceedings of the 8th. International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, ed. B.H.V. Topping, Civil-Comp Press, Stirling, Scotland, Paper no. 139, 17pp.