Employment of probabilistic concept in development of design manual for long-span cable-supported bridge

Abstract

Probability based safety concepts are employed in developing a design manual for long-span cable-supported bridges. In order to offer flexibility to the owners and the designers, the target safety level and the design period are classified for the structures and the structural members. The leading variable loads such as live load, wind load and earthquake are defined in perspective of probability and statistics corresponding to the design periods. The design manual offers the safety factors for the design corresponding to the target safety levels as well as the design periods of the structure and the structural members. © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group.