Title
Probabilistic maintenance planning for the tubular joints in the steel gates in the eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier
Author
Dijkstra, O.D.
van Manen, S.E.
Gijsbers, F.B.J.
van der Weijde, H.
TNO Bouw
Publication year
1996
Abstract
This paper is a summary of a study on the tubular joints in the steel gates of the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier in the Netherlands. This study was commissioned by the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) and carried out in the period 1985-1992. At a late stage during the fabrication of the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier it was found that, due to improper control during rolling, many tubes were made of steel with a relatively coarse grain. It was therefore decided to use probabilistic methods to determine the failure probability and optimum inspection strategy. The optimum strategy was determined on economic grounds, based on a consideration of the investments, costs of inspection, costs of repair and failure costs. Safety was included as a boundary condition. The study indicated that it was necessary for financial reasons to differentiate inspection schedules, depending on the load and type of material.
Subject
Fracture
Inspection
Maintenance
Steel
Brittle
Fatigue
Repairs
Probabilistics
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TNO identifier
280552
Publisher
International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISOPE, Golden, CO, US
Source
Proceedings 6th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, 26-31 May 1996, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 4, 39-46
Document type
conference paper