DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE STEEL BRIDGE SUPPORT RESISTANCE DUE TO EXTREME LOADS

This paper presents the experiences from the deterministic and probabilistic analysis of the reliability of the steel bridge support resistance due to extreme loads. The aim of the contribution is the reliability analysis of the structural bracing system. On the example of the steel bridge between two NPP buildings with the various forms of the bracing systems is considered the efficiency of the system. The beam and the link elements from ANSYS library were used. The advantages and disadvantages of the deterministic and probabilistic analysis of the structure resistance are discussed. The advantages of the utilization the LHS method to analyze the safety and reliability of the structures is presented.