Ultimate Limit State Design for Earthquake Resistant Steel Frames
This paper describes a basic methodology to assess the reliability of steel framed structures subjected to ultimate earthquakes. After a discussion on past damage criteria, a modified...
Code-Implied Structural Safety for Earthquake Loading
A method is described for calculating the probability of failure of reinforced concrete frame structures due to earthquake loading, for use in code calibration exercises. The failure criterion...
Present and Future Developments in Steel Design Codes
Steel structures design codes with load and resistance factors (or 'partial factors') which are based on first-order probabilistic concepts are now in use in...
Probabilistic Basis for Bridge Design Codes
There is a growing interest in the development of rational design criteria for bridges. The fundamental problem is evalution of the loads and load carrying capacity. However, load and...
LRFD for Engineered Wood Construction: ASCE Pre-Standard, Wood Industry Initiative
The structural wood community in the United States is in the process of developing a reliability-based consensus Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) standard for engineered wood construction....
Reliability Bases for Codes for Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
The American Concrete Institute Standard 318, Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete, has permitted the design of reinforced concrete structures in accordance with limit state...
Reliability-Based Analysis of Shallow Foundations
The effects of different parameters on the reliability of shallow foundations are examined. It is found that the footing depth, the footing length, and the load ratio have almost no effect...
Reliability Analysis of Axially Compressive Members
In the steel structure design code (TJ17-74) in China, a single curve was adopted for designing axially compressive members and the reliability of the column analyzed previously was based...
Reliability Synthesis of CFRP Laminated Plate
The paper presents a formulation of shift synthesis to improve the reliability of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) laminated plates with uncertain elastic constants and lamina strength....
Load Resistance Factor Design of Aluminum Structures
Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) is a reliability-based approach to design with uncertainty. It involves the explicit consideration of limit states, multiple load and resistance...
Bridge Live Load Models
This paper describes the analysis of weigh-in-motion data and the conclusions drawn. Statistical distributions of the effects induced in typical bridges due to single vehicle events are...
Seismic Reliability Analysis for Elevated Pressure Vessels
This paper presents two approaches for assessing the seismic reliability of elevated pressure vessels. A discretized mass mechanical system is used to model the dynamic effects of liquid...
Recent Seismic Risk Studies of Nuclear Power Plants: An Overview
Seismic probabilistic risk assessments (PRA) are conducted to estimate the frequencies of occurrence of severe core damage, serious radiological releases, and consequences in terms of...
Reliability Assessment and Reliability-Based Rating of Existing Road Bridges
A practical reliability model for the safety assessment and rating of existing R.C. bridges are developed by explicitly incorporating the degree of deterioration and damages based on available...
On the Dynamic Response of Bridges by Oscillating Vehicles on Rough Surfaces
The spectral theory is applied to the response of bridges under a Poissonian stream of vehicles moving with constant speed over the bridge. The vehicles are modeled as oscillators with...
Reliability of a Suspension Bridge Under Traffic Flow
The problem of reliability of a single-span spatial suspension bridge under random highway traffic is considered. The displacements of the bridge are described by coupled, non-linear,...
Verification of NESSUS Code on Space Propulsion Components
Application of probabilistic finite element method to the structural analysis of typical space propulsion components such as turbine blades and high pressure ducts is reported. The study...
Application of Probabilistic Reliability Analysis Methods to Ariane 5 Unequipped Booster Case
The paper demonstrates the capabilities of probabilistic structure analysis methods as a tool to support the design and manufacture of the Ariane 5 Unequipped Booster Case within a RAMS...
Space Station Freedom Pressurized Module Meteoroid/Debris Protection
Protection of spacecraft from the effects of a meteoroid/debris particle impact can add significant weight to the required structure. This paper discusses the meteoroid and debris environments...
Pressure Vessels for Space Station Freedom
Space Station Freedom (SSF) will utilize more than 10 different types of pressure vessels for storage of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and mixed gases at operating pressures ranging from...
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