Methods to Quantify the Utility of NDT in Bridge Reassessment

Autor: Thomas Braml, Stefan Küttenbaum, Stefan Maack, Sascha Feistkorn, Alexander Taffe
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering ISBN: 9783030645939
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64594-6_40
Popis: There is a continuing need for reassessments of existing bridges. The validity of reassessment results depends to a large extent on the information used for the calculations. In the meanwhile, the application of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods on concrete is suitable for gathering quantitative information about individual structures that are both relevant and accurate. Such measured information can be explicitly incorporated into probabilistic models used for the bridge reassessment. This way, the level of approximation of the considered model and therewith the validity of the reassessment results can be increased.
Databáze: OpenAIRE