Assessment of the characteristic strength of concrete from small samples based on Bayesian updating with prior information Ghent University
Repair and upgrading of existing structures is becoming more and more important and has an increasing economic significance. The assessment of existing structures thus becomes of crucial importance in decision making. In case of concrete structures, the estimation of the characteristic strength values from limited data is a difficult, but important task. Based on the standards ISO 12491, ISO 13822 and ISO 2394, the characteristic in-situ ...