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Risk and reliability in structural engineering : theoretical basis /

The primary purpose of this book is to introduce risk and reliability concept into structural design. The book will cover and review reliability theory and risk analysis to solve structural engineering problems. The book was formed from the easy to the difficult and complicated concepts. The content...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lu, Naiwei, Lu (Autor), Noori, Mohammad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2019.
Colección:Momentum Press sustainable structural systems collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction. 1.1. Introduction of probability concepts ; 1.2. Fundamentals of probability and statistics ; 1.3. Analysis of probability ; 1.4. References
  • 2. Structural evaluation. 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. General concepts and bases for reliability analysis ; 2.3. An idealized case ; 2.4. Practical cases ; 2.5. References
  • 3. Analysis of structural safety. 3.1. Resistance R and applied load ; 3.2. Case studies ; 3.3. Load and resistance analysis ; 3.4. Formulation of design criteria
  • 4. Structural reliability under repeated loads. 4.1. Reliability function and hazard function ; 4.2 Distribution of lifetime maximum load ; 4.3. Extreme value distribution
  • 5. Models for fatigue reliability. 5.1. Characterization of fatigue and failure (S-N curves) ; 5.2. Probabilistic models for fatigue under constant amplitude loading ; 5.3. Fatigue with variable stress range ; 5.4. Analysis of uncertainty QN ; 5.5. Design for fatigue ; 5.6. Reliability under multiple load spectra ; 5.7. References
  • 6. Models for failure and bounds on structural reliability ; 6.1. Multiple modes of failure ; 6.2. Failure in combined modes
  • 7. Safety and reliability of structural systems. 7.1. System damage probability ; 7.2. Statically determinate versus redundant systems ; 7.3. Collapse probability of redundant systems ; 7.4. Collapse probability of plastic frameworks ; 7.5. References.