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Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems ’90

Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP WG 7.5 Conference Berkeley, California, USA, March 26–28, 1990

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Engineering (LNENG, volume 61)

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
  2. Short Presentations

    1. Rigid-Ideal Plastic System Reliability

      • Torben Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Ove Ditlevsen
      Pages 13-21
    2. Optimal Allocation of Available Resources to Improve the Reliability of Building Systems

      • Giuliano Augusti, Antonio Borri, Emanuela Speranzini
      Pages 23-32
    3. Life Expectancy Assessment of Structural Systems

      • Bilal M. Ayyub, Gregory J. White, Thomas F. Bell-Wright
      Pages 33-42
    4. Expectation Ratio Versus Probability

      • F. Vasco Costa
      Pages 53-62
    5. Application of Probabilistic Structural Modelling to Elastoplastic and Transient Analysis

      • T. A. Cruse, H. R. Millwater, S. V. Harren, J. B. Dias
      Pages 63-73
    6. Reliability-Based Shape Optimization Using Stochastic Finite Element Methods

      • Ib Enevoldsen, J. D. Sørensen, G. Sigurdsson
      Pages 75-88
    7. Management of Structural System Reliability

      • Gongkang Fu, Yingwei Liu, Fred Moses
      Pages 113-128
    8. Reliability Analysis of Existing Structures for Earthquake Loads

      • Hitoshi Furuta, Masata Sugito, Shin-ya Yamamoto, Naruhito Shiraishi
      Pages 129-138
    9. Sensitivity Analysis of Structures by Virtual Distortion Method

      • J. T. Gierlinski, J. Holnicki-Szulc, J. D. Sørensen
      Pages 139-146
    10. Reliability Analysis of Elasto-Plastic Dynamic Problems

      • Toshiaki Hisada, Hirohisa Noguchi, Osamu Murayama, Armen Der Kiureghian
      Pages 161-172
    11. The Effect of a Non-Linear Wave Force Model on the Reliability of a Jack-Up Platform

      • J. Juncher Jensen, Henrik O. Madsen, P. Terndrup Pedersen
      Pages 185-195
    12. Optimum Cable Tension Adjustment Using Fuzzy Regression Analysis

      • Masakatsu Kaneyoshi, Hiroshi Tanaka, Masahiro Kamei, Hitoshi Furuta
      Pages 197-209

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    A. Kiureghian

  • Institute of Building Technology and Structural Engineering, The University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark

    P. Thoft-Christensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems ’90

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP WG 7.5 Conference Berkeley, California, USA, March 26–28, 1990

  • Editors: A. Kiureghian, P. Thoft-Christensen

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84362-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: International Federation for Information Processing, Geneva, Switzerland 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-53450-1Published: 08 February 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84362-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0176-5035

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 406

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Civil Engineering, Classical Mechanics

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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