Applied Bayesian pre-posterior and life-cycle cost analyses for determining and optimizing the value of structural health monitoring for concrete structures Ghent University
“How safe are our bridges?”Although a lot of research on structural safety has been performed during the last decades, answering this question for existing structures is still a challenging problem engineers are increasingly confronted with. This is mainly because a proper framework for assessing the safety of ageing or even deteriorated structures that can properly take into account the results from inspections and monitoring is still ...