Print Email Facebook Twitter Robustness quantification for navigation locks that are part of the primary flood defense Title Robustness quantification for navigation locks that are part of the primary flood defense: A study into the effect of increasing the reliability requirement of structural elements on the robustness of the structural system Author Cornelissen, D. Contributor Jonkman, S.N. (mentor) Steenbergen, R.J.D.M. (mentor) Molenaar, W.F. (mentor) Versluis, M. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Programme Hydraulic structures and Flood risk Date 2017-03-09 Abstract Robustness is a hard-to-grip concept within engineering. This master thesis uses a framework to quantify the level of robustness that has been proposed by the Joint Committee on Structural Safety to assess the influence of the reliability requirement of a structural element. The lock complex at Weurt (the Netherlands) has been used for a case study to calculate robustness indices for multiple values of the reliability requirement. In addition, the influence of redundant elements has been examined. Based on the results it can be concluded that increasing the reliability requirement of an individual element does not necessarily result in a higher level of robustness. In some cases a lower robustness index is found. Redundant elements, however, do increase the level of robustness. Subject Robustnessreliability requirementnavigation lockflood defenseredundancy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8954d4e8-2cf1-4f05-b850-3cffc68966b1 Coordinates 51.853667, 5.822175 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2017 Cornelissen, D. Files PDF 20170302_DC_Robustness_qu ... cation.pdf 15.72 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8954d4e8-2cf1-4f05-b850-3cffc68966b1/datastream/OBJ/view