• A framework for robustness assessment in the context of corroded RC structures 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Neves, L. A. C.; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Huespe, Alfredo Edmundo (CRC Press, 2010)
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      Structural robustness is an emergent concept related to the structural response to damage. At the present time, robustness is not well defined and much controversy still remains around this subject. Even if robustness has ...
    • Life-cycle system performance of bridges: a robustness-based approach 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon; Neves, Luís A.C (University of British Columbia (UBC), 2015)
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      Corrosion in reinforced concrete and steel structures is among the most damaging phenomena to structural safety and therefore one of the most demanding when facing the life-cycle analysis of such structures. However, the ...
    • On the robustness to corrosion in the life cycle assessment of an existing reinforced concrete bridge 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Neves, Luís A.C; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon (Taylor & Francis, 2018-02)
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      Management of existing structures has traditionally been based on condition assessment, based on visual inspections, disregarding the susceptibility of different structural types to aging and deterioration. Robustness, as ...
    • On the robustness to damage in the Life-Cyle Assessment (LCA) of deteriorating bridges 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Neves, L. A. C.; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon (CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)
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      In this paper, the susceptibility of reinforced concrete structures to corrosion using a robustnessbased framework is presented. Robustness is regarded as a structural property related with the tolerance to damage and it ...
    • Reliability-based approach to the robustness of corroded reinforced concrete structures 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Neves, Luís A.C; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon (2017-04)
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      Currently, decisions on the maintenance and repair of infrastructural assets, structures in particular, are mostly based on the results of inspections and the resulting condition index, neglecting system robustness and ...
    • Robustness analysis of deteriorating reinforced concrete slabs 

      Cavaco, E. S.; Neves, L. A. C.; Gonçalves, Rui; Casas Rius, Joan Ramon (2011)
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      Corrosion of reinforcement bars in concrete structures is the most significant deterioration mechanism in these structures. Corrosion is extremely difficult to predict and, consequently, can be regarded as an unpredictable ...