TY - GEN
T1 - Lifetime seismic reliability analysis of corroded reinforced concrete bridge piers
AU - Frangopol, Dan M.
AU - Akiyama, Mitsuyoshi
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - For structures located in aggressive environments and earthquake regions, it is important to consider the effect of material corrosion on seismic performance. This chapter presents a seismic analysis methodology for corroded reinforced concrete (RC) bridges. It is shown that the analytical results are in good agreement with the experimental results regardless of the amount of steel corrosion. The proposed method is applied to lifetime seismic reliability analysis of corroded RC bridge piers, and the relationship between steel corrosion and seismic reliability is presented. After the occurrence of crack corrosion, seismic reliability of the pier is significantly reduced. If corrosion cracks in the bridge pier are detected by visual inspection, additional detailed inspections need to be performed.
AB - For structures located in aggressive environments and earthquake regions, it is important to consider the effect of material corrosion on seismic performance. This chapter presents a seismic analysis methodology for corroded reinforced concrete (RC) bridges. It is shown that the analytical results are in good agreement with the experimental results regardless of the amount of steel corrosion. The proposed method is applied to lifetime seismic reliability analysis of corroded RC bridge piers, and the relationship between steel corrosion and seismic reliability is presented. After the occurrence of crack corrosion, seismic reliability of the pier is significantly reduced. If corrosion cracks in the bridge pier are detected by visual inspection, additional detailed inspections need to be performed.
KW - Failure probability
KW - Life-cycle assessment
KW - Reinforced concrete bridge piers
KW - Salt attack
KW - Seismic reliability analysis
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-0053-623
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-0053-623
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964374700
SN - 9789400700529
VL - 21
T3 - Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
SP - 527
EP - 537
BT - Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
PB - Springer Netherland
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2009
Y2 - 22 June 2009 through 24 June 2009
ER -