Efficient Methods in Time Dependent Reliability
A general and efficient method is presented for computing failure probabilities for components and systems where the uncertainties are represented by a mixture of random variables and...
Stochastic Risk Assessment for Structural Safety
Through the United States the structural safety of major and/or innovative structures has become a serious concern for engineers and to the general public. The objective of this paper...
Engineering Reliability: The Organizational Link
Organizational factors may significantly affect systems' reliability, but they are not typically included in modeling. This paper discusses how the stochastic models of system...
Bayesian Updating of Seismic Fragilities of Nuclear Power Plant Components
Seismic fragility is represented by a curve of the conditiional probability of failure as a function of the peak ground acceleration. Since there are many uncertainties in the model and...
Approximate Reasoning in Engineering Decision Analysis
In this paper, the concept and methods of approximate reasoning are reviewed and discussed. The methodology of combining precise results of exact analysis, approximate solutions of exact...
Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Railroad Tracks
The loads acting on railroad tracks due to the passage of trains and the resisting track parameters have a random character. The purpose of this study is to incorporate the random parameters...
Probability of Failure Under a Biaxial State of Stress
Structural components are subjected to uniaxial stress states only infrequently. Even under such simple conditions as direction tension or bending the presence of holes, cutouts and other...
The First Passage Problem: Duffing Equation
The paper shows some simulation results for the response of the Duffing Equation to stationary Gaussian white noise. Results for the zero-start, double barrier, first passage problem of...
Reliability Study of Randomly Imperfect Beam-Columns
In this study, the effect of random initial geometric imperfections was treated as a set of equivalent random initial forces. This concept enables the direct employment of existing stochastic...
Reliability Analysis in the Presence of Random Functions and Categorical Variables
This paper describes a reliability procedure that can handle certain classes of random functions and qualitative categorical variables. The method is an extension of the R. Rackwitz-B....
Efficient Probabilistic Structural Analysis Using an Advanced Mean Value Method
An advanced mean-value (AMV) method for probabilistic structural analysis is presented. This method blends the conventional mean value method with the advanced structural reliability analysis...
Time Variant Reliability Analysis Using Bivariate Diffusive Crack Growth Models
This paper is concerned with the development of a time-dependent reliability concept. The time variant load carrying capacity, i.e., resistance, of a structure caused by fatigue is expressed...
Diffusion Models of Crack Growth Due to Random Overloads
Stochastic diffusion models of crack growth are developed, reflecting uncertainty in applied loading and residual stresses near the crack tip. Applications are shown to (1) random vibration...
Challenges in Stochastic Structural Mechanics
Currently there are the emerging developments in stochastic computational mechanics, which includes stochastic finite elements and its applications in problems of random systems and random...
Nonstationary Random Vibration with REDUCE
Computerized symbolic algebra, in conjunction with the code REDUCE, is utilized in dealing with nonstationary random vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems. Application of REDUCE...
Outcrossing Rates By Point Crossing Method
The point crossing method is applied to compute outcrossing rates for general safe domains, i.e., nonlinear load combinations problems. For stationary processes the method typically yields...
Sanitary Sewer System Modeling for Operation and Planning
Development of a Steady State Sanitary Sewer Simulation (S5) computer model helped Newport News, Virginia, enact an efficient sanitary sewer management...
Computer-Aided Wastewater Master Planning
Computerized wastewater collection system modeling is a tool now used by city planners and engineers to efficiently and accurately analyze present and future conditions. Once a model has...
Mass Transport Modeling of Pearl Harbor
The U.S. Navy is planning to implement the use of organotin antifouling paints into the fleet. Such paints are already in use by commercial vessels and private pleasure crafts. As part...
Reservoir Safe Yield Evaluation Using Simulation
The safe yield available from surface water impoundments serving the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, was evaluated, and the sensitivity of the reservoir system to several factors was investigated....
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