Accounting for Dependencies in Inspection Planning for Steel Structures

Author

Daniel Straub

Abstract

An overview is given on recent advances in Risk Based Inspection Planning (RBI) of
structural systems. Inspection planning for systems must consider the effect of dependencies
between the structural performance at the different locations in the system. It is shown how
different methodologies, dependent on the applied mitigation strategy, can account for these
dependencies. Adaptive strategies to inspection planning are introduced and justified, then
two recently developed approaches to RBI for systems, based on these strategies, are
reviewed and necessary further research and development is outlined.

Published in/by

Proceedings of the Workshop on Risk-Based Maintenance of Civil Structures, TU Delft, Netherlands, January 21, 2003, ed. van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M., Vrouwenvelder, A.C.W.M., ISBN 90-75729-10-3, pp. 54-61.