<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The R6 procedure is one of the most advanced, innovative and effective method developed and recommended for use in problems of material behaviour and structural integrity of engineering structures with defects. The idea and basic assumptions of R6 procedure are described in the paper as well as example of its practical application in analysis of damaged bridge structural element. As a result of the research, the highly conservative approach of R6 procedure was observed, which estimated the level of hazardous loads as the elastic limit load for analysed element.</p></abstract>

The R6 procedure is one of the most advanced, innovative and effective method developed and recommended for use in problems of material behaviour and structural integrity of engineering structures with defects. The idea and basic assumptions of R6 procedure are described in the paper as well as example of its practical application in analysis of damaged bridge structural element. As a result of the research, the highly conservative approach of R6 procedure was observed, which estimated the level of hazardous loads as the elastic limit load for analysed element.

ASSESSMENT OF MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES BASED ON R6 PROCEDURE

Kielce University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chair of Strength of Materials and Concrete Structures, Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

The R6 procedure is one of the most advanced, innovative and effective method developed and recommended for use in problems of material behaviour and...

ASSESSMENT OF MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES BASED ON R6 PROCEDURE

Published Online: Jan 25, 2014

Page range: 25 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2013-0017

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