Finite Strip Method in a Parallel Computing Environment
The finite strip method has been used to model many systems in structural mechanics. The orthogonality of appropriately selected shape functions allows a continuous system to be effectively...
Full Scale Foundation Trials on Grid Reinforced Clay
The paper describes the results of full-scale testing of strip footings on an alluvial clay site. Existing theory is briefly discussed but shown to be of little relevance to the consolidation...
Accommodation of Large Trucks: Traffic Control Issues
The objective of this paper is to identify ways that large trucks can be accommodated safely and efficiently through traffic control. Traffic control is herein defined as encompassing...
Accommodating Larger Trucks at At-Grade Intersections
When a particular intersection serves a high volume of large truck traffic, design considerations should reflect the presence of those larger vehicles. This paper discusses three intersection...
Load-Sharing and Reliability of Wood Systems
A methodology for the study of reliability of light-frame wood structural systems is presented. Reliability levels associated with the bending strength limit state of such systems are...
Methods to Estimate Parametric Sensitivity in Structural Reliability Analysis
Many different approaches are used in structural system reliability to estimate the probability of failure. In this paper, methods to obtain the sensitivity to the distribution parameters...
On the Evaluation of System Reliability Through Automatic Generation of Failure Modes
This paper proposes a method for the evaluation of structural failure probability taking into account all the potential failure modes. At first, the failure paths to produce failure modes...
Fatigue Reliability and Inspection in Redundant Structural Systems
The reliability of redundant structural systems under fatigue including updating by inspection is studied using two different formulations, i.e., the stress intensity space and the crack...
Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Fem
A method of sensitivity analysis is developed for nonlinear structural systems which are governed by incremental finite element equations. The formulation originates in the perturbation...
Lifetime Reliability of Wood Structural Systems
A model to predict ultimate capacity reliability of wood systems is developed. The model is analogous to Markov cumulative damage models. System ultimate capacity is defined as failure...
Multicriterion Reliability-Based Optimization of Structural Systems
The optimization of nondeterministic structural systems under random loads is currently performed by single-criterion reliability-based optimization methods. However, in structural design...
Reliability of Multistate Structural Systems
The theory of system reliability consists of establishing the relationship between the reliability of a complex system and the reliability of its components. Often, the system and its...
Failure Probability Estimation of Series Systems
In this paper, an approximation scheme is presented for analysis of series structural systems where no exact solution exists. If the safety indices of the individual failure functions...
Probabilistic Design of Offshore Structural Systems
Probabilistic design of structural systems is considered in this paper. The reliability is estimated using first-order reliability methods (FORM). The design problem is formulated as the...
Response of Structural Systems with Uncertain Parameters: A Comparative Study of Probabilistic and Fuzzy Sets Models
Due to the limitation in space, this paper only presents the conclusions of a study on the response of structures with uncertain properties such as mass, stiffness and damping. In the...
Characteristics of Nonstationary Response of Linear Systems
A new formulation for the statistics of the response of linear systems to nonstationary excitation is developed. Both the process and its envelope are examined and exact statistics are...
On Response Spectrum Approach for Nonclassically Damped Structural System
A response spectrum approach to approximate the maximum response of nonclassically damped structural systems is presented. The maximum response is expressed in terms of the sine spectrum,...
Bridge Reliability Evaluation Using 3-D Analysis and Damage Scenarios
This paper reports analytical investigations into the system strength and reliability evaluation of existing bridges using 3-D inelastic analysis and damage scenarios. In this context,...
Stochastic System Identification in Structural Dynamics
Recently, new identification methods have been developed by using the concept of optimal-recursive filtering and stochastic approximation. These methods, known as stochastic identification,...
Comparison Between Linearization and Gaussian Closure
A variety of approximate solution techniques have been developed for analysis of nonlinear systems. The most widely used method has been equivalent linearization. Recently a general closure...
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