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Indexed by: Conference Paper

Date of Publication: 2016-12-06

Included Journals: EI

Page Number: 1005-1012

Abstract: The steel reinforcement corrosion is one of the most typical deterioration for concrete bridges exposed to environmental agents, which increases the risk of failure and the costs to maintain a normal function of bridges. Performance-based design method has been developed in this study to control the failure risk of concrete bridges under environmental agents. Meanwhile, the effects of random variables uncertainty on the time-dependent behavior of bridges are also considered. The formula for performance- based design was deduced through fully probabilistic calculation method. It is concluded that the proposed performance-based design combined with performance monitoring can effectively ensure a satisfactory performance of concrete bridges in service. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London.