Ebook: Structural Reliability Theory and Its Applications
- Tags: Civil Engineering
- Year: 1982
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Structural reliability theory is concerned with the rational treatment of uncertainties in struc tural engineering and with the methods for assessing the safety and serviceability of civil en gineering and other structures. It is a subject which has grown rapidly during the last decade and has evolved from being a topic for academic research to a set of well-developed or develop ing methodologies with a wide range of practical applications. Uncertainties exist in most areas of civil and structural engineeri'1.g and rational design decisions cannot be made without modelling them and taking them into account. Many structural en gineers are shielded from having to think about such problems, at least when designing simple structures, because of the prescriptive and essentially deterministic nature of most codes of practice. This is an undesirable situation. Most loads and other structural design parameters are rarely known with certainty and should be regarded as random variables or stochastic processes, even if in design calculations they are eventually treated as deterministic. Some problems such as the analysis of load combinations cannot even be formulated without recourse to probabilistic reasoning.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
The Treatment of Uncertainties in Structural Engineering....Pages 1-11
Fundamentals of Probability Theory....Pages 13-35
Probabilistic Models for Loads and Resistance Variables....Pages 37-65
Fundamentals of Structural Reliability Theory....Pages 67-80
Level 2 Methods....Pages 81-93
Extended Level 2 Methods....Pages 95-111
Reliability of Structural Systems....Pages 113-127
Reliability Bounds for Structural Systems....Pages 129-143
Introduction to Stochastic Process Theory and its Uses....Pages 145-159
Load Combinations....Pages 161-175
Applications to Structural Codes....Pages 177-202
Applications to Fixed Offshore Structures....Pages 203-237
Reliability Theory and Quality Assurance....Pages 239-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-267
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
The Treatment of Uncertainties in Structural Engineering....Pages 1-11
Fundamentals of Probability Theory....Pages 13-35
Probabilistic Models for Loads and Resistance Variables....Pages 37-65
Fundamentals of Structural Reliability Theory....Pages 67-80
Level 2 Methods....Pages 81-93
Extended Level 2 Methods....Pages 95-111
Reliability of Structural Systems....Pages 113-127
Reliability Bounds for Structural Systems....Pages 129-143
Introduction to Stochastic Process Theory and its Uses....Pages 145-159
Load Combinations....Pages 161-175
Applications to Structural Codes....Pages 177-202
Applications to Fixed Offshore Structures....Pages 203-237
Reliability Theory and Quality Assurance....Pages 239-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-267
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