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PL4: Plenary Lecture 4
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1:30pm - 2:10pm
Establishing trust in nonlinear failure analysis of concrete structures through facilitating nuanced quantification of uncertainties 1Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; 2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway After a somewhat loosely written introductory section, in which various opinions and statements only partly based on traceable facts were presented, this paper mainly intends to show that accurately defining a solution strategy is the basis for establishing trust in nonlinear failure analysis of concrete structures. The paper describes what is meant by such a solution strategy, how the concept of a solution strategy has been incorporated into a recent standard by which the practical use of non-linear finite element analyses has come a step closer, and refers to a recent blind prediction contest example to illustrate a major pitfall. | ||
