Abstract Bridge resilience is a newly proposed bridge design criterion that involves robustness, redundancy and reparability targeting on the rapidity of functionality restoration after suffering extreme actions long-term durability deterioration. It stipulates lower probability reaching ultimate limit state or strength state, which have been only partly involved in codes around world. In AASHT...

6.1. General Probability-based design criteria in the form of load and resistance factor design (LRFD) are now applied for most construction materials. The design requirements have to insure satisfactory performance of structures. The main advantage of the approach is the ability to achieve a uniform level of reliability for structural members, or to impose a certain level of reliability (highe...

The foundation of an offshore installation is designed to resist the static and dynamic loads it is subjected to during its lifetime. The design codes specify combinations of load factor on the static load, load factor on the dynamic load, and resistance factor on the soil resistance, with reference to the ‘characteristic’ loads acting on the foundation and the ‘characteristic’ foundation capac...

When stretching muscles of the ankle joint, stretch velocity and amplitude were shown to selectively influence specific parts of the stretch reflex. The present study investigated whether similar effects can be observed at the knee joint. Seventeen subjects were exposed to sudden anterior tibial translations. The influence of stimulus amplitude was analyzed by applying a low (LIMP) or high impu...

This paper summarizes the recent work by the first author’s research group related to vehicle effects on existing bridges, using reliability based performance assessment. The first part presents a simulation framework of fatigue reliability assessment for existing bridges considering the effects of vehicle speed, road roughness condition, equivalent stress range and the constant amplitude fatig...

Precast, prestressed hollow core slabs (HCS) are commonly used by the construction industry for floor and roof systems worldwide. Generally, web shear strength governs design of such members. This is because width resisting stresses relatively small prestressing force at bottom restrains flexural cracking. Although most available codes follow Mohr’s circle stress estimating cracking capacity HC...