Reliability Approaches Affecting the Sustainability of Concrete Structures
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The literature analysis lacks brief information on the methods of assessing the reliability of structures based on the fuzzy sets theory.
In conclusion, it should be pointed out what is new in research on sustainable development in construction this article brings and why the use of advanced reliability methods can positively contribute to the implementation of the principles of sustainable development in construction.
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Reviewer 2 Report
My old comments from the previous review were not addressed:
- Problem statement is not explicitly written. Why is this research needed, what problems does it solve?
- There are no specific research objectives.
- Research Methodology is not explained at all.
- What are the contributions of the research to the body of knowledge?
- A rebuttal letter to the reviewer comments was not provided.
New comment:
- Information in Tables and Figures need to be explained in the text too in addition to showing it in a table or figure. Please don’t expect a reader to analyze the data.
- See the additional comments in the attached PDF file.
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Author Response
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This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Literature on methods for analyzing structure reliability based on fuzzy set theory is missing.
There are no references to world literature. 12 bibliographic items (including 5 norms) are not enough to show that the authors know the achievements of other world-class researchers in the scope which they describe in the article.
It is not explained how sustainable development in construction can significantly affect the methods of designing and assessing buildings.
In the introduction, the authors should justify why they assessed the reliability of concrete structures in the aspect of sustainable development.
There is no logical transition between the "Introduction" chapter and the "New and existing structures" chapter.
Some statements require references to literature. For example, the sentence: "It is well known that the commonly used design method, based on the partial factor reliability approach, leads usually to conservative results." Analytical connection between sustainability criteria and measures of structural reliability is missing in the article.
The article is a little chaotic. It is necessary to add a few sentences to ensure consistency of content.
Conclusions should be expanded and justified.
The proposals for further research should take into account global trends in the assessment of building structures according to sustainability criteria.
Reviewer 2 Report
While I recognize the benefits of looking at the sustainability aspect of the concrete structures, this research and the paper that presents the research findings have the following major issues:
- There is no literature review besides one paragraph that talks about definitions of sustainability.
- Problem statement is not explicitly written. Why is this research needed, what problems does it solve?
- There are no specific research objectives.
- Research Methodology is not explained at all.
- The flow of information is poor and therefore difficult to follow.
- There are lot of claims and statements that are not supported by references.
- Terminology needs to be defined throughout the paper.
- What are the contributions of the research to the body of knowledge?
- I know it is not about the paper length but rather the content; however this research is submitted as an article and it is only 5 pages long, shorter than even a typical conference paper. If above mentioned parts of the research and the paper were presented in detail that will add to the paper content, quality and the length.
Please see attached PDF file with my additional comments.
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