Load Path Dependence of Structural Systems
This paper presents the results of an investigation into the sensitivity of the behavior of framed structures to load path. Simple but realistic structural steel frames have been designed...
Design of Aircraft Wings Subjected to Gust Loads: A System Reliability Approach
A method for system reliability based design of aircraft wings is presented. A wing of a light commuter aircraft designed according to the FAA regulations is compared with one designed...
System Reliability Using Higher-Order Moments
A method is proposed for evaluating the reliability of structural systems using higher-order moments. The higher-order moment standardization technique (HOMST) is advanced for transforming...
Probabilistic Concepts of Redundancy and Damage Tolerability for Structural Systems
Intermediate states of structural systems (prior to system collapse and after component loss) are focused herein. This area relates to important issues such as redundancy and damage tolerability....
Study of Redundancy in Near-Ideal Parallel Structural Systems
In this paper the reliability of parallel structural systems is studied in order to begin to understand and quantify the system factors influencing the overload capacity and the redundancy...
Reliability of Identical Brittle Parallel System
The failure path of a system can be investigated through the use of a failure graph, which is a directed graph of all possible sequences of element failures. This paper describes the development...
A New Formulation for Structural Reliability of Parallel Systems
Presented is a realistic method to calculate the reliability of a parallel structural system. The present theory considers that each element of a parallel system may have different reliability...
Reliability Analysis of Continuous Beam and Frame Structural Systems
In this paper, by adopting the cross sections where plastic hinges form as the analysed units, the problem of structure system reliability of continuous beam and simple frame is discussed....
A Strategy for the Reliability Analysis of Complex Structural Systems
A general strategy to estimate the failure probability of the class of structural systems for which each deterministic structural analysis is expensive is proposed. The strategy is interactive,...
Revised Failure-Conditioned Reliability Index
The authors have developed the failure-conditioned reliability index to estimate the probability of intersection of correlated normal variates. The index makes use of the mean and standard...
An Extension of Iterative Fast Monte-Carlo (IFM) Procedure and its Applications to Time-Variant Structural Reliability Analysis
An efficient sampling procedure which is applicable to time-variant as well as time-invariant structural reliability problems is proposed. First, the concept of the conditional failure...
Application of Probabilistic Methods in Construction Industry
Recent attempts for theoretical development and engineering application of probabilistic methods, which have been carried out in a Japanese engineering and construction company, are summarized....
Durability and Damage Tolerance Evaluations of Jet Transport Structures
Many design considerations are involved in ensuring structural integrity of Boeing jet transports, which have common design features validated by extensive analyses, tests, and service...
Spectral Distribution Free Bounds on the Response Variability of Stochastic Systems
A methodology to analytically and numerically evaluate the spectral distribution-free upper bounds of the response variability of stochastic systems is developed. The structural systems...
Galerkin-Based Response Surface Approach for Reliability Analysis
A new method for structural reliability analysis is presented. The method relies on an efficient algorithm for approximating the response surface of engineering structures. Unlike methods...
Finite Element Reliability of Two Dimensional Continua with Geometrical Nonlinearity
First and second-order reliability methods and the finite-element method are combined into a general methodology for reliability analysis of complex structures with uncertain characteristics...
Seismic Reliability of Non-Linear Structures with Stochastic Parameters by Directional Simulation
The application of improved Monte Carlo method by Directional Simulation and Importance Sampling is presented with reference to the assessment of seismic fragility of reinforced concrete...
Monte Carlo Simulation Using Pearson's Frequency Curves
An extension of the direct Monte Carlo simulation method to estimate the probability of failure of structural systems or components is investigated. It utilizes the performance values...
Structural Reliability Assessment Using Latin Hypercube Sampling
Many methods have been proposed for structural reliability assessment purposes, such as the First-Order Second-Moment Method, the Advanced Second-Moment Method, computer simulation, etc....
Improved Importance Sampling Methods for Structural System Reliability Calculation
Improvements can be made to importance sampling by recognising some of the essential features of the time-independent structural reliability problem. Thus non-interesting regions in the...
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