Focussing on structural reliability methods, reliability-based optimization, structural system reliability and risk analysis, lifetime performance and various applications in civil engineering. Invaluable to all concerned with structural system reliability and optimization, especially students, engineers, and workers in research and development.

Extensive amounts of operational data are generated over time by the health monitoring system of a structure's management system, yet there are few analysis algorithms which can tell the exact working state of the structure on-line. Good maintenance engineers need to know the exact location and state of the structural components after an earthquake or some attack or accident involving the structure, possibly within a matter of hours, and the client also demands a rapid diagnosis of the structure before making decisions on any necessary remedial work.

This book is devoted to the...

This proceedings volume contains the lectures and papers presented at IABMAS 2016, the Eighth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2016), to be held in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, June 26-30, 2016. This set will consist of a book of abstracts and a DVD containing the full papers of all contributions presented at IABMAS 2016, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, Keynote Lectures, and technical papers from many countries.

All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management and life extension are addressed including advanced materials, aging of...