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Categorization of Bridges

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Bridge Collapse Frequencies versus Failure Probabilities

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The systematic analysis of the background collapse data can provide detailed information about the specific type of bridge structures or bridge material contributing to the overall collapse data over-proportionally or under-proportionally. This conclusion would provide the way to further identify weaknesses in the design, construction and maintenance of the bridges and to resolve these weaknesses. However, to carry out these steps the bridge population has to be subdivided into different sub-populations. The parameters for the subdivision are introduced in this chapter.

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Proske, D. (2018). Categorization of Bridges. In: Bridge Collapse Frequencies versus Failure Probabilities. Risk Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73833-8_4

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