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Reliability-based serviceability limit states for concrete girder bridges
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Reliability-based serviceability limit states for concrete girder bridges
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Dan Su
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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2013-10
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Although ultimate limit state, such as flexural capacity, shear, or stability, governs the overall safety of the structure, the accumulated damage due to cracking, excessive deflections, and vibrations also would lead to limitation of structural performance, abbreviation of service life, as well as extensive maintenance cost. Regarding the bridge structure, current AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specification (LRFD) was developed based on structural reliability approach and provided a uniform reliability at strength limit state. However, only strength limit states were considered and calibrated during the development and calibration of LRFD. Unlike strength limit state, exceedance of serviceability limit state in bridge structures might not result in catastrophic consequences directly. However, Serviceability limit states related to stress, deformation, and cracks under regular service conditions are essential to the performance, human experience, and durability of structure. To ensure consistent and rational reliability level to be achieved for all limit states, rational serviceability limit states need to be developed and investigated for bridge structures. In this study, various serviceability limit states were developed and investigated, including Service I limit state for crack control of reinforced concrete decks and Service III limit state for tension in prestressed concrete superstructures. The resistances of various serviceability limit states were derived and the statistical models were developed based on statistics of various random variables and using different methods including Monte Carlo simulation method. The live load model was developed based on national as well as local Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) data using various extrapolation techniques. Based on current practice, consequence of failure, and experience from previous research, target reliability indices were proposed for each serviceability limit state. Moreover, the reliability analysis was performed for various serviceability limit states and new design criteria were proposed to achieve the target reliability levels consistently for various design scenarios. In addition, the deterioration of structural resistance was investigated and the reliability level of various serviceability limit states with and without consideration of deterioration was compared.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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xxxiv, 379 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Dan Su
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Concrete bridges--Cracking
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Concrete bridges--Maintenance and repair
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Concrete--Service life
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Reliability (Engineering)
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Dan
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2013-09-30 09:58:51
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2015-10-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after October 31st, 2015.
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