Couadens, Semi & Prose Prntendugs of a" Lnemasceal Prebailase Warthog, Dummett 208 The influence of conformity control on the strength distribution of concrete and the safety level of concrete structures using Bayesian updating techniques Robby Caspetle, Luc Teerut Magne] Laboretpry for Concrete Research, Facultyof Engineering, Department of Seuctu Engineering, Ghent Unversity, Regmm Abstract Conformity criteris art used for the quality verification of produced concrete lots. This conformity control hes 2 filtering cffect on the stength dis- ibution of concer, resulting in a higher average strength ands smaller stem sdandlevietionUsingBayesiempdatingechniquesndMonteCazio simulations, = numerical algorithm was developed in order to analyze the so- celled filer effectof different conformity criteria. Further, thi fiker effect also influences the safery level of concrete structures. This efit is investigated for ‘concrete structures, designed according to Eumeade 2, for which the concrete sompressive strength & s sensitve variable in mgerd to the sefery index The safety level of this type of coneree structims increases significantly when con fomuity contol is taken into account Finally, ako the influence of eutocomel tion on the Bler effect end the safety level of concrete souctures is evaluard 1 Introduction Conformity contol of conorete is wed to invesdgate whether comcree complies with a predefined characterstic compressive strength , by making usc of conformity criteria As a resultof this quality verification, certain concrete lots are rejected and certein lots are acocpted Because of this rectification, conformity control has a filtering effect on the com cee strength distibuton. The average of the ougoing strength distibution increases and the standard deviation decresces in comparison tothe incoming swength dicta buion. ‘As e consequence of this filter effect, conformity contol of the concrete praduetion slso influences the tafery level of concrete smucmmes, which could be taken into account in the elisbility enslysis of e concrete structure,