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,...
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...
Structural Failure Probabilities of the HDR-Containment Under Earthquake Loading
A computational procedure for the evaluation of structural failure probabilities due to earthquake loading is developed. Uncertainties in structural and material parameters are taken into...
Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Industrial R/C Chimneys
Gust response factors (GRF) based on nonlinear dynamic analysis including the P? effect are calculated. All sample structures analyzed show clearly that, for wind speeds exceeding the...
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...
Stochastic Strain-Displacement Matrices for Finite Elements with Random Constitution
A prescribed correlated random field for elastic moduli furnishes an associated population of stochastic shape functions at the element level. The principle of deterministic tractions,...
Local Integration Method in Stochastic Finite Element Analysis
This paper, introducing local integration method, proposes a new stochastic finite element method for estimating the response variability of multi-dimensional stochastic systems. Young's...
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...
Development of a Nonlinear Stochastic FEM and its Application
A basic formulation is developed for the nonlinear stochastic finite element method. It is based on the perturbation method and retains its advantage, namely that a nonlinear finite element...
Probabilistic Analysis of Soil Structures Using Finite Element Method
The authors have developed general-purpose stochastic finite element analysis system, which supports various types of correlation and computes safety index ? by first-order second-moment...
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...
Large Monte Carlo Simulation of Duffing Equation
This effort aims to obtain some accurate statistics of the Duffing Equation subjected to white noise through Monte Carlo simulation. The results obtained can be used to check the accuracy...
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....
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