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Performance indicators for concrete bridges
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2011
Sprache
English
Volume
1
Start Page
239
End Page
242
Citation
fib Symposium PRAGUE 2011: Concrete Engineering for Excellence and Efficiency, Praha, Czech Republic, 8-10 June 2011, Proceedings. - Vol. 1 (2011): Seite 239-242
Contribution to Conference
Scopus ID
Publisher
Czech Concrete Society
ISBN
978-80-87158-29-6
The draft Model Code 2010 introduces the innovative aspect of performance-based design in combination with a service-life perspective. This approach shall assure that structures perform according to the stakeholder's various demands. According to the Model Code a structure is designed to perform as demanded by fulfilling specified performance requirements such as safety, serviceability and sustainability. Beside the well known performance indicators for structural safety and serviceability, additional indicators which account for aspects in relation to environment, society and aesthetics must be defined. In view of these additional aspects the draft Model Code 2010 gives general ad vice but does not explicitly define indicators. In this paper several new performance indicators are proposed which refer to serviceability and aesthetics and can be applied throughout all stages of the service live to evaluate the performance of bridge structures. A case study of a bridge in Hamburg serves as an example for the performance evaluation using the proposed indicators.
Subjects
Aesthetics
Availability
Bridge engineering
Indicators
Requirements
Sustainability
DDC Class
624: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering