Updating material factors for assessment of historic reinforced concrete bridge

摘要

This paper is focused on the reliability analysis of an existing reinforced concrete bridge from1908. The load bearing capacity is assessed in accordance with valid standards using updated partialfactors and the partial factors for structural design. Load bearing capacities obtained by thesemethods are critically compared. The application of the updated partial factors leads to 15 % higherload bearing capacity than the ordinary partial factor method used for structural design.