Influence of materials knowledge level on the assessment of the shear strength characteristic value of existing RC beams

Angelo Forte, Silvia Santini, Gabriele Fiorentino, Davide Lavorato, Alessandro Vittorio Bergami, Camillo Nuti

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Abstract

A procedure to determine the shear strength characteristic value (Vrck) is presented and applied to two existing RC beams extracted from an old structure built in Italy in the early 1900s. Several nondestructive tests (NDT) and destructive tests (DT) were performed, and the experimental outcomes show a great variability of the compressive strength in the same beam. For this reason, Vrck values were calculated for each beam, assuming different knowledge levels about the concrete compressive strength. The procedure results are compared to those obtained by applying a traditional Bayesian updating procedure, where the updating basic variables (represented by the concrete strength) was determined by using indirect measures of strength as a prior information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering
EditorsPetr Bily, Alena Kohoutkova, Jan L. Vitek, Michaela Frantova
PublisherCzech Technical University
Pages979-986
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9788001064016
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event12th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 29 Aug 201831 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 12th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Conference

Conference12th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period29/08/1831/08/18

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