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Climate change is recognized as one of the leading threats to civil infrastructure, costing billions of dollars each year. Recent observations of a global temperature increase and thawing glaciers, accompanied by scientific investigations, provide clear evidence the climate is changing. These changes can lead to increases in the frequency and severity of climatic stressing events on infrastructure. As a result, this infrastructure might experience severe load levels beyond those for which it was designed. This study aims to demonstrate several possible approaches for considering non-stationary (e.g., increasing) load effects in the reliability analysis of structures. The presented approaches may serve as useful practical tools for aiding code-writers and decision-makers to assess the effects of changes in climatic stressors on the failure risk and life cycle cost associated with new and existing civil infrastructure.
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Barkhori, M., Walbridge, S. (2022). Considering Non-stationary Loading Due to Climate Change in the Reliability Analysis of Structures. In: Walbridge, S., et al. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021. CSCE 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 244. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0656-5_24
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