scholarly journals Optimization of Culvert Dimensions and Reliability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Tawfiq

A culvert is a hydraulic structure constructed to increase the water carrying capacity away from highway and buildings in the environment. Culverts have received less attention over the years because they are not highly visible, even if they have sufficient performance. Culverts offer much smaller investment options compared with bridges and in many cases they have replaced small bridges. Culverts are also less hazardous in the case of failure. This study brings together results about several variables of culverts including optimum dimensions, shapes, materials and inlet configurations. During culvert design, hydraulic testing was required for sizing of structures, where risk analysis calculation has been performed regarding the probability of inadequate capacity of culvert design to pass floods. The failure probability is estimated using the advanced first order second moment (AFOSM) method. Therefore, the methodology ensures the design of the hydraulic structure fulfills the required role, while minimizing its future effects in the environment.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Tawfiq

A culvert is a hydraulic structure constructed to increase the water carrying capacity away from highway and buildings in the environment. Culverts have received less attention over the years because they are not highly visible, even if they have sufficient performance. Culverts offer much smaller investment options compared with bridges and in many cases they have replaced small bridges. Culverts are also less hazardous in the case of failure. This study brings together results about several variables of culverts including optimum dimensions, shapes, materials and inlet configurations. During culvert design, hydraulic testing was required for sizing of structures, where risk analysis calculation has been performed regarding the probability of inadequate capacity of culvert design to pass floods. The failure probability is estimated using the advanced first order second moment (AFOSM) method. Therefore, the methodology ensures the design of the hydraulic structure fulfills the required role, while minimizing its future effects in the environment.


2008 ◽  
Vol 385-387 ◽  
pp. 621-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Hun Han ◽  
Woo Sun Park

Due to the uncertainty of variables in durability model, the probabilistic approach is increasing. Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) is an easily accessible method, but requires a lot of repeated operations. This paper evaluated the effectiveness of First Order Second Moment method (FOSM), which is more convenient and time saving method than MCS, to predict the corrosion initiation in harbor concrete structure. Mean Value First Order Second Moment method (MV FOSM) and Advanced First Order Second Moment method (AFOSM) are applied to the error function solution of Fick's second law modeling chloride diffusion. Reliability index and failure probability based on MV FOSM and AFOSM are compared with the results by MCS. The comparison showed that AFOSM and MCS predict similar reliability indexes and MV FOSM underestimates the probability of corrosion initiation by chloride attack. Also, the sensitivity of variables in durability model to failure probability was evaluated on the basis of AFOSM. The results showed that AFOSM is a simple and efficient method to estimate the possibility of corrosion initiation in harbor concrete structures.


2014 ◽  
Vol 501-504 ◽  
pp. 1081-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Yun ◽  
Le Kang

The landslide disaster tends to cause safe hidden trouble to the normal operation of the pipeline and pipeline is likely to take place accident and get failed under the action of a landslide. According to the theory of winkler, in the condition of pipeline landslide, the mechanical model is established and calculated the stress distribution under different landslide scale. According to the calculation result, the dangerous section of pipe is obtained. Based on the pipeline's own strength and pipeline working stress in the landslide, the limit state equation of the pipes is set up by using the third strength theory. Finally according to the distribution of stress and strength, the pipeline reliability index and failure probability are obtained by means of the first order second moment method improved. The achievement of this paper has great value .to the buried gas pipeline risk assessment. Key words: landslides; The third strength theory; The first order second moment method; Reliability index; Failure probability


1985 ◽  
Vol 51 (472) ◽  
pp. 2811-2816
Author(s):  
Yoshisada MUROTSU ◽  
Masaaki YONEZAWA ◽  
Hiroo OKADA ◽  
Satoshi MATSUZAKI ◽  
Toshiki MATSUMOTO

AIAA Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1113-1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Elishakoff ◽  
S. van Manen ◽  
P. G. Vermeulen ◽  
J. Arbocz

1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Cederbaum ◽  
I. Elishakoff ◽  
L. Librescu

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
SooMi Shin ◽  
◽  
DongEun Lee ◽  
HyeMin Kim ◽  
HyunJung Park ◽  
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