Bridges

This webinar, presented on 30 April, gives an overview of ways to assess the safety of existing bridges beyond the Rating Factor approach of AS5100.

The webinar was presented by Dr Colin Caprani, Dr Mayer M Melhem, and Professor Mark G Stewart, and explains:

• the benefits of probability-based bridge assessment
• the structural reliability basis for codes of practice
• the parameters required to conduct bridge assessments probabilistically
• the results for a representative suite of Australian bridge families.

The project involved a literature review and technical advances in structural reliability theory, as well as extensive modelling and assessment of a wide range of bridge types typical of Australian practice.

The presentation slides and the Q+A can be downloaded from the supporting documents tab after logging in.