An Automated Procedure for Assessing Local Reliability Index and Life-Cycle Cost of Alternative Girder Bridge Design Solutions

Table 5

Minimum β indexes for the two design alternatives and for different lifetimes.

Limit state	t = 0 year		t = 30 years		t = 60 years
	D1	D2	D1	D2	D1	D2
Bending deck	12.39	8.08	10.27	6.16	6.14	2.41
Shear deck	5.10	5.02	5.04	4.95	4.83	4.75
Limit state	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2
Bending girder	6.87	5.48	5.80	4.46	3.72	2.30
Shear girder	12.74	8.06	11.34	6.81	8.68	4.43
Deformability girder	11.81	10.50	10.16	8.94	7.02	5.96