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

Table 6

Minimum β indexes for the two design alternatives and for t = 30 years for different degradation models.

Limit state	DM1		DM2		DM3		DM4		DM5
	D1	D2	D1	D2	D1	D2	D1	D2	D1	D2
Bending deck	8.69	4.72	10.27	6.16	11.20	6.84	11.41	7.19	10.99	6.73
Shear deck	4.97	4.89	5.04	4.95	5.07	4.98	5.08	4.99	5.04	4.95
Limit state	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2	G1	G2
Bending girder	5.00	3.62	5.80	4.46	6.27	4.83	6.38	5.02	6.34	5.01
Shear girder	10.32	5.89	11.34	6.81	11.95	7.25	12.09	7.48	12.09	7.48
Deformability girder	8.95	7.79	10.16	8.94	10.88	9.48	11.04	9.77	11.04	9.77