SB17- Risk- and reliability-based assessment of existing steel bridges

Researchers: John Leander (main supervisor), Raid Karoumi (co-supervisor), Ruoqi Wang (PhD student)

The aim is to develop a risk-based framework with the purpose of supporting decision makers in the choice of
actions to extend the service life of steel bridges. The framework should be able to consider and combine information from previous investigations, inspections, measurements and sophisticated theoretical analyses. The project will be limited to steel bridges and degradation phenomena as fatigue and corrosion. The expected
outcome of the project is a detailed risk-based methodology supporting rational decisions considering a combination of theoretical assessments, monitoring, and inspections.