Review of the current state of standardisation on monitoring, data-informed safety assessment and decision-making regarding maintenance of the transport infrastructure

Road and railway infrastructure networks form the backbone of European transportation systems, carrying more than 80% of passenger and 50% of goods transport in Europe. Bridges and tunnels which are critical elements of the transport infrastructure networks, have in many cases reached their design service life and keep ageing, with the...

Future perspectives of standardisation for a safe European transport infrastructure

Aiming to ensure the safety of the transport infrastructure during operation through the improvement of maintenance policies across Europe, the European Commission opened in 2019 the call for the Coordination and Support Action (CSA) “Monitoring and safety of transport infrastructure”. The main goal of this CSA is to support the preparation of a...

On the value of a reliability-based nonlinear finite element analysis approach in the assessment of concrete structures

The objective of this paper is to explore the value of reliability-based nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA) over the currently available, standardized assessment methods. To our knowledge, no studies are available on this subject, and this paper provides a first insight into the value and reliability level of these assessment methods. The...

fib Model Code 2020: Towards a general code for both new and existing concrete structures

Discussions have been underway in fib (Fédération Internationale du Béton) about advancing the fib Model Code for concrete structures. These include the fib international workshop in The Hague (June 2015), the fib MC2020 Core Group meeting in Madrid (December 2015), and a series of follow-up worldwide consultations on the fib ambition regarding...

Conservation of concrete structures according to fib Model Code 2010

Conservation of concrete structures forms an essential part of the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 (fib Model Code 2010). In particular, Chapter 9 of fib Model Code 2010 addresses issues concerning conservation strategies and tactics, conservation management, condition surveys, condition assessment, condition evaluation and decision...

Reliability in the performance-based concept of fib Model Code 2010

The design philosophy of the new fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 represents the state of the art with regard to performance-based approach to the design and assessment of concrete structures. Given the random nature of quantities determining structural behaviour, the assessment of structural performance cannot be well established by...

Conservation of concrete structures in fib model code 2010

Chapter 9: Conservation of concrete structures forms part of fib Model Code 2010, the first draft of which was published for comment as fib Bulletins 55 and 56 (fib 2010). Numerous comments were received and considered by fib Special Activity Group 5 responsible for the preparation of fib Model Code 2010. The final version of fib Model Code 2010...

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The 2010 fib Model Code for Structural Concrete: a new approach to structural engineering

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