Research Article

A Novel Approach to Evaluate the Time-Variant System Reliability of Deteriorating Concrete Bridges

Table 3

Values of chloride ion concentrations at different concrete edges.

Concrete edgeEnvironmental conditionValue

5, 6, 7Face to the sea100% of the value in Table 2
1, 2, 3Back to the sea70% of the value in Table 2
4, 8, 9, 10Between the first two conditions85% of the value in Table 2
11–18Interior edgesHalf of the value of relative exterior edges