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Probabilistic Methods for Structural Design

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. C. Guedes Soares

    1. Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

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Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications (SMIA, volume 56)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Basic Concepts of Structural Design

    • J. Ferry Borges
    Pages 1-15

  3. Quantification of Model Uncertainty in Structural Reliability

    • C. Guedes Soares
    Pages 17-37

  4. Response Surface Methodology in Structural Reliability

    • Jacques Labeyrie
    Pages 39-58

  5. Stochastic Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth and Inspection

    • Henrik O. Madsen
    Pages 59-83

  6. Probabilistic Fatigue Assessment of Welded Joints

    • Navil K. Shetty
    Pages 85-111

  7. Probabilistic Modelling of the Strength of Flat Compression Members

    • C. Guedes Soares
    Pages 113-140

  8. Reliability Analysis with Implicit Formulations

    • J. P. Muzeau, M. Lemaire
    Pages 141-160

  9. Methods of System Reliability in Multidimensional Spaces

    • R. Rackwitz
    Pages 161-212

  10. Statistical Extremes as a Tool for Design

    • J. Tiago de Oliveira
    Pages 213-225

  11. Stochastic Modeling of Load Combinations

    • Henrik O. Madsen
    Pages 227-243

  12. Time-Variant Reliability for Non-Stationary Processes by the Outcrossing Approach

    • R. Rackwitz
    Pages 245-260

  13. Simulation of Stochastic Processes and Fields to Model Loading and Material Uncertainties

    • G. Deodatis
    Pages 261-288

  14. A Spectral Formulation of Stochastic Finite Elements

    • R. G. Ghanem, P. D. Spanos
    Pages 289-312

  15. Stochastic Finite Elements Via Response Surface: Fatigue Crack Growth Problems

    • P. Colombi, L. Faravelli
    Pages 313-338

  16. Probability Based Structural Codes: Past and Future

    • J. Ferry Borges
    Pages 339-350

  17. Reliability Based Seismic Design

    • Fabio Casciati, Alberto Callerio
    Pages 351-375

  18. Risk Based Structural Maintenance Planning

    • M. H. Faber
    Pages 377-402

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 403-408
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About this book

This book contains contributions from various authors on different important topics related with probabilistic methods used for the design of structures. Initially several of the papers were prepared for advanced courses on structural reliability or on probabilistic methods for structural design. These courses have been held in different countries and have been given by different groups of lecturers. They were aimed at engineers and researchers who already had some exposure to structural reliability methods and thus they presented overviews of the work in the various topics. The book includes a selection of those contributions, which can be of support for future courses or for engineers and researchers that want to have an update on specific topics. It is considered a complement to the existing textbooks on structural reliability, which normally ensure the coverage of the basic topics but then are not extensive enough to cover some more specialised aspects. In addition to the contributions drawn from those lectures there are several papers that have been prepared specifically for this book, aiming at complementing the others in providing an overall account of the recent advances in the field. It is with sadness that in the meanwhile we have seen the disappearance of two of the contributors to the book and, in fact two of the early contributors to this field.

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`...The book is well-produced and the diagrams, tables and graphs are clearly readable. Structural engineers involved in stochastic design now have the opportunity to take advantage of this book.'
The Structural Engineer, 78:19 (2000)

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  • Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

    C. Guedes Soares

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