Threshold-reliablity-based FRP strengthening of RC bridge girders

Date:	Sep 2015
Author(s):	David Yang
Contact:	ynyang1988@gmail.com
License:	Software is released under the GNU General Public Licence.
Version:	1.0.0

DBN-MC simulation of RC girders:

• Things to be checked when switching between flexure and shear analysis:

  1. constants/beamConstants.py: comment/uncomment shear dimensions for flexure and shear analysis, respectively
  2. constants/evidenceConstants.py: appropriate CS transition years
  3. Life_Cycle_RC.py: select right seed and folder to generate the samples and save the results

• Things to be checked when switching between analysis without and with evidence:

  1. evidence/evidence.py: comment/uncomment CS block for analysis without/with evidence
  2. constants/evidenceConstants.py: appropriate CS transition years for analysis with evidence

Reliability analysis of RC girders:

• pyCEsmp/mainSmp.py: change condAvailability accordingly for flexure, shear, independent system or correlated system
• Postprocessing functions are mostly provided in pyCEsmp/CEfunctions.py, a small number of postprocessing functions are in fig/fig_source

DBN-MC simulation of FRP-strengthened girders:

• Things to be checked when switching among different strengthening schemes
  1. constants/beamConstants.py: since only shear strengthening is needed, beam dimension for shear should be used (uncomment appropriate block)
  2. For similar reason as 1, constants/evidenceConstants.py and evidence/evidence.py should be checked to make sure they match with the analysis type: shear analysis with evidence
  3. constants/beamConstants.py: comment/uncomment FRP-related dimensions for U-w/-anchor and U-w/o-anchor respectively
  4. Life_Cycle_FRP.py: select right seed and folder to generate the samples and save the results
  5. Life_Cycle_FRP.py: comment/uncomment lines 52 and 56 for analysis with and without degradation