Service Life and Maintenance Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks

Palle Thoft-Christensen

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    Abstract

    Recent research in the area of assessment and maintenance of reinforced concrete bridge decks is presented in this paper. Three definitions of service lifetime are introduced and the difficult problem of assessing the service life is discussed. A stochastic modelling of corrosion and corrosion cracking is introduced and the site dependency of corrosion is stressed. Finally, a recently developed optimal repair strategy for bridges is briefly explained.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationAalborg
    PublisherDept. of Building Technology and Structural Engineering
    Number of pages9
    Publication statusPublished - 2002
    SeriesStructural Reliability Theory
    Number223
    VolumeR0224
    ISSN1395-7953

    Bibliographical note

    Presented at the ACI Worshop, Cancun, Mexico, December, 2002

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    Keywords

    • Service Lifetime
    • Reliability
    • Service Life
    • Corrosion
    • Stochastic Modelling
    • Maintenance Strategies
    • Reinforced Concrete Bridges

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