| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : illustrations, charts |
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text file |
| Note |
Title from title screen. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Risk and risk perception for low probability, high consequence events in the built environment / Ross B. Corotis -- Ch. 2. Socio-economic risk acceptability criteria / Rudiger Rackwitz -- Ch. 3. Reliability in structural performance evaluation and design / Y.K. Wen -- Ch. 4. Performance-based reliability evaluation of structure-foundation systems / Mostafiz Chowdhury and Achintya Haldar -- Ch. 5. Application of probabilistic methods in bridge engineering / Michel Ghosn -- Ch. 6. Stochastic response of fixed offshore structures / Ser-Tong Quek, Xiang-Yuan Zheng and Chih-Young Liaw -- Ch. 7. Application of reliability methods to fatigue analysis and design / Paul H. Wirsching -- Ch. 8. Probabilistic models for corrosion in structural reliability assessment / Robert E. Melchers -- Ch. 9. Seismic risk assessment of realistic frame structures using a hybrid reliability method / Jungwon Huh and Achintya Haldar -- Ch. 10. Meshfree methods in computational stochastic mechanics / Sharif Rahman -- Ch. 11. Reliability analysis using information from experts / Jamshid Mohammadi and Eduardo Desantiago -- Ch. 12. Risk-based optimization of life-cycle cost for deteriorating civil engineering infrastructures / Rudiger Rackwitz -- Ch. 13. Structural health assessment under uncertainty / Hasan Katkhuda and Achintya Haldar. |
| Summary |
Authored by the most active scholars in their respective areas, this volume covers the most recent developments, both theoretical and applicative, in structural reliability evaluation areas, many of which are cutting-edge and not discussed elsewhere in book form. The broad coverage includes the latest thoughts on design for low probability and high consequence events like the failure of the World Trade Center as well as risk acceptability based on the Life Quality Index. Other chapters discuss the development of the performance-based design concept, and the generally overlooked area of the reliability evaluation of bridges and offshore structures. Since the finite element method is routinely used for structural analyses, emphasis is put on discussing reliability evaluation using finite elements including consideration of the mesh-free finite element method. Corrosion and fatigue reliability evaluation techniques are other urgent issues that are dealt with in depth. Among the many additional included topics, a chapter is devoted to health assessment of existing structures, currently the most active research area. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reliability (Engineering)
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Reliability (Engineering) |
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Civil engineering.
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Civil engineering. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Haldar, Achintya.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9812564195 |
| ISBN |
9789812707222 (electronic book) |
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9812707220 (electronic book) |
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9812564195 |
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9789812564191 |
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128190905X |
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9781281909053 |
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