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Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization
AbstractSustainability is an important requirement for civil engineering infrastructures, technically and financially. The financial aspects are discussed. It is proposed to select a design and maintenance strategy where structures are systematically renewed by reconstruction or repair. An appropriate objective function for cost-benefit analyses based on a renewal model is established. An intergenerationally acceptable discounting scheme is proposed. As infrastructures also involve risk to human life and limb a socio-economic acceptability criterion to be added as a constraint to cost-benefit analyses is derived. Various renewal models for deteriorating structures including multiple failure modes are discussed. The paper includes various examples illustrating the developed theory.
Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization
AbstractSustainability is an important requirement for civil engineering infrastructures, technically and financially. The financial aspects are discussed. It is proposed to select a design and maintenance strategy where structures are systematically renewed by reconstruction or repair. An appropriate objective function for cost-benefit analyses based on a renewal model is established. An intergenerationally acceptable discounting scheme is proposed. As infrastructures also involve risk to human life and limb a socio-economic acceptability criterion to be added as a constraint to cost-benefit analyses is derived. Various renewal models for deteriorating structures including multiple failure modes are discussed. The paper includes various examples illustrating the developed theory.
Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization
Rackwitz, R. (author) / Lentz, A. (author) / Faber, M. (author)
Structural Safety ; 27 ; 187-229
2004-09-07
43 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization
| Online Contents | 2005
Socio-economically sustainable civil engineering infrastructures by optimization
| British Library Online Contents | 2005
Civil engineering infrastructures journal : (CEIJ)
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