Abstract: In recent years, the so called

Abstract: During the past decade, monitoring concepts for structural systems have been subjected to a rapid development process. They have become more and more important in the intervention planning (e.g., maintenance, repair, ...

Abstract: A nondestructive damage detection approach based on measured structural responses is presented and verified by controlled laboratory experiments and by tests on real structures. In the experiments, defined magnitudes of ...

Abstract: A complex interdisciplinary approach to the reliability assessment of reinforced concrete structures is introduced and demonstrated on a real existing bridge structure. The reliability index of the structure decreases ...

Abstract: Maintaining an adequate safety level in concrete bridges under gradual degradation due to traffic and environmental actions is not only an expensive task, but also filled with some level of uncertainty. Degradation in ...

Abstract: Establishing an accurate finite-element (FE) model that faithfully replicates the nonlinear behavior of steel–concrete composite girder bridges is crucially important for effective model-based structural health monitoring ...