Marc Maes, Luc Huyse

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems (eBook, PDF)

Proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG7.5 Working Conference, Banff, Canada, 2-5 November 2003

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is an outcome of the 11th IFIP WG7.5 working conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems in Canada. The conference focuses on structural reliability methods and applications and engineering risk analysis and decision-making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000108163
• Artikelnr.: 60545246

Autorenporträt

Marc Maes (Author) , Luc Huyse (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Reliability-based optimal design: Problem formulations, algorithms and
application (keynote lecture) 2. Strategic principles for managing risk
(keynote lecture) 3. Loads and extreme events models for highway bridges 4.
Seismic performance-based design and an application to a pile foundation 5.
Life-cycle cost analysis of bridge structures considering seismic risk 6.
Choice of an optimal intensity measure for the characterization of the
damaging power of the ground motion 7. Maintenance planning optimization of
a reinforced concrete bridge element using genetic algorithms and dynamic
programming 8. LCC-based optimum seismic design of RC structures of JR 9.
State of the art versus state of the practice in bridge evaluation 10.
Uncertain probability estimates and an entropy-based measure of uncertainty
11. Discounting models and the Life-Quality Index for the estimation of
societal willingness-to-pay for safety 12. Issues in utility modeling and
rational decision making 13. Criteria for optimal safety 14. Modeling of
risk perception in engineering decision analysis 15. Structural reliability
considering spatial variability of pitting corrosion 16. Effective
properties of systems with countable and uncountable number of components
17. Statistical series system size effects on bending strength of timber
beams 18. A study for classification technique of cracks in concrete slabs
by using pattern recognition 19. Integration of equivalent model within
reliability-based design optimization for reducing freedom degrees in
dynamic structures 20. A maximum likelihood approach to system reliability
with respect to seismic collapse 21. Decision support system for optimal
maintenance scheduling of highway bridge RC decks applying on fuzzy
reasoning and classifier system 22. Developments in finite element
reliability analysis of structural systems 23. Optimized reinforcement
design in concrete structures 24. Reliability-based optimization using
sample average approximations 25. Coupled Local Minimizers: A new global
optimization method 26. Piecewise-linear system reliability estimates 27.
FEM modelling of the evolution of corrosion cracks in reinforced concrete
structures 28. Optimum reinforcing method for extending the span of H-beam
bridges 29. Selection of cross section catalogue with random
characteristics for a given class of spatial trusses 30. A life-cycle cost
approach to the maintenance of overhead line supports 31. Probabilistic
framework for fatigue analysis 32. A stochastic deterioration process for
time-dependent reliability analysis 33. Optimal restoration scheduling for
earthquake disaster by emergent computing 34. Probabilistic analysis
software for structural seismic response 35. Applicability and limitations
of moment methods for system reliability 36. An enhanced reliability index
for assessing margin of safety in structures 37. Treatment of conflicting
expert opinion in probabilistic analysis