Based on life cycle cost (LCC) analysis, the study evaluates the economic performance of
fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) cables for super long-span cable supported bridges, and this …

This paper deals with the general framework for the development and the maintenance of
complex structural systems. In the first part, starting with a semantic analysis of the term …

To overcome the limitations of traditional long-span suspension bridges with steel cables,
the mechanical behavior of suspension bridges with various fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) …

There is today a strong interest and general commitment toward the quality of the things that
engineering is creating. Generally speaking, quality involves and concerns different aspects …

The robust evaluation of the bridge deformability parameters is important in an optimization
procedure, in order to reach an adequate customer comfort and, from a general point of …

It is known that the analyses of complex structures can be affected by a great uncertainties
and approximations. The paper schedules these approximations in three groups: numerical …

For advanced systems, like long span suspension bridges, it is necessary to set the global
design process in the philosophy of the Performance-based design (PBD), rather than in the …

This study deals with the treatments of uncertainties in the seismic analysis of complex
structures. As complex structure, one has considered a long span suspension bridge, whose …

La tesi ha come oggetto di studio l'analisi del comportamento strutturale dei ponti sospesi di
grande luce. In particolare si vuole mettere in evidenza come i metodi di softcomputing …

This paper is based on some students' projects developed within the 2012 Course of
Mathematical Models in Architecture and Numerical Analysis, at Architecture of Building …