Optimal maintenance strategies for structures in seismic zones.

In this paper an approach is developed for establishing optimal maintenance (repair) strategies of structures in seismic zones. The approach is based on expected future costs and the main decision variable is a damage threshold for repair given an acceptable reliability level. It is considered that...

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Published in:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 32, 2 (2003).
Main Author: Montes-Iturrizaga, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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