Reliability of structures. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrzej S. Nowak, Kevin R. Collins.
• Other Names: Nowak, Andrzej S; Collins, Kevin R
• Contents: Introduction; Overview; Objectives of the Book; Possible Applications; Historical Perspective; Uncertainties in the Building Process; ; Random Variables ; Basic Definitions; Properties of Probability Functions (CDF, PDF, and PMF); Parameters of a Random Variable; Common Random Variables; Probability Paper; Interpretation of Test Data Using Statistics; Conditional Probability; Random Vectors; Correlation; Bayesian Updating; Problems; ; Functions of Random Variables ; Linear Functions of Random Variables; Linear Functions of Normal Variables; Product of Lognormal Random Variables; Nonlinear Function of Random Variables; Central Limit Theorem; Problems; ; Simulation Techniques ; Monte Carlo Methods; Latin Hypercube Sampling; Rosenblueth’s 2K + 1 Point Estimate Method; ; Structural Safety Analysis ; Limit states; Fundamental Case; Reliability Index; Rackwitz–Fiessler Procedure; Reliability Analysis Using Simulation; Problems; ; Structural Load Models ; Types of Load; General Load Models; Dead Load; Live Load in Buildings; Live Load for Bridges; Environmental Loads; Load Combinations; Problems; ; Models of rResistance ; Parameters of Resistance; Steel Components; Aluminum Structures; Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Components; Wood Components; ; Design Codes ; Overview; Role of a Code in the Building Process; Code Levels; Code Development Procedure; Calibration of Partial Safety Factors for a Level I Code; Development of a Bridge Design Code; Example of the Code Calibration—ACI 318; Concluding Remarks; Problems; ; System Reliability ; Elements and Systems; Series and Parallel Systems; Reliability Bounds for Structural Systems; Systems with Equally Correlated Elements; Systems with Unequally Correlated Elements; Summary; Problems; ; Uncertainties in the Building Process ; Introduction; Classification of Errors; Error Surveys; Approach to Errors; Sensitivity Analysis; Other Approaches; Conclusions; Appendix A: Acronyms; Appendix B: Values of the CDF Φ(z) for the Standard Normal Probability Distribution; Appendix C: Values of the Gamma Function; Bibliography; Index;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 624.17; Structural analysis (Engineering); Reliability (Engineering)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203809143; 0203809149
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