Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
Author: Marc Maes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 100015131X

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.

Engineering Design Reliability Handbook

Engineering Design Reliability Handbook
Author: Efstratios Nikolaidis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1216
Release: 2004-12-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0203483936

Researchers in the engineering industry and academia are making important advances on reliability-based design and modeling of uncertainty when data is limited. Non deterministic approaches have enabled industries to save billions by reducing design and warranty costs and by improving quality. Considering the lack of comprehensive and defini

Structural and System Reliability

Structural and System Reliability
Author: Armen Der Kiureghian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108998437

Based on material taught at the University of California, Berkeley, this textbook offers a modern, rigorous and comprehensive treatment of the methods of structural and system reliability analysis. It covers the first- and second-order reliability methods for components and systems, simulation methods, time- and space-variant reliability, and Bayesian parameter estimation and reliability updating. It also presents more advanced, state-of-the-art topics such as finite-element reliability methods, stochastic structural dynamics, reliability-based optimal design, and Bayesian networks. A wealth of well-designed examples connect theory with practice, with simple examples demonstrating mathematical concepts and larger examples demonstrating their applications. End-of-chapter homework problems are included throughout. Including all necessary background material from probability theory, and accompanied online by a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides for instructors, this is the ideal text for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on structural and system reliability in departments of civil, environmental and mechanical engineering.

Numerical Methods for Reliability and Safety Assessment

Numerical Methods for Reliability and Safety Assessment
Author: Seifedine Kadry
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 807
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 331907167X

This book offers unique insight on structural safety and reliability by combining computational methods that address multiphysics problems, involving multiple equations describing different physical phenomena and multiscale problems, involving discrete sub-problems that together describe important aspects of a system at multiple scales. The book examines a range of engineering domains and problems using dynamic analysis, nonlinear methods, error estimation, finite element analysis and other computational techniques. This book also: · Introduces novel numerical methods · Illustrates new practical applications · Examines recent engineering applications · Presents up-to-date theoretical results · Offers perspective relevant to a wide audience, including teaching faculty/graduate students, researchers and practicing engineers.

Mechanical Engineering in Uncertainties From Classical Approaches to Some Recent Developments

Mechanical Engineering in Uncertainties From Classical Approaches to Some Recent Developments
Author:
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-04-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119817617

Considering the uncertainties in mechanical engineering in order to improve the performance of future products or systems is becoming a competitive advantage, sometimes even a necessity, when seeking to guarantee an increasingly high safety requirement. Mechanical Engineering in Uncertainties deals with modeling, quantification and propagation of uncertainties. It also examines how to take into account uncertainties through reliability analyses and optimization under uncertainty. The spectrum of the methods presented ranges from classical approaches to more recent developments and advanced methods. The methodologies are illustrated by concrete examples in various fields of mechanics (civil engineering, mechanical engineering and fluid mechanics). This book is intended for both (young) researchers and engineers interested in the treatment of uncertainties in mechanical engineering.

Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Author: Manolis Papadrakakis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2008-12-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 020388163X

The increasing necessity to solve complex problems in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering requires the development of new ideas, innovative methods and numerical tools for providing accurate numerical solutions in affordable computing times. This book presents the latest scientific developments in Computational Dynamics, Stochastic Dynam

Progress in Intelligent Decision Science

Progress in Intelligent Decision Science
Author: Tofigh Allahviranloo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 992
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030665011

This book contains the topics of artificial intelligence and deep learning that do have much application in real-life problems. The concept of uncertainty has long been used in applied science, especially decision making and a logical decision must be made in the field of uncertainty or in the real-life environment that is formed and combined with vague concepts and data. The chapters of this book are connected to the new concepts and aspects of decision making with uncertainty. Besides, other chapters are involved with the concept of data mining and decision making under uncertain computations.

An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Author: Morton E. Gurtin
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 1982-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080918492

This book presents an introduction to the classical theories of continuum mechanics; in particular, to the theories of ideal, compressible, and viscous fluids, and to the linear and nonlinear theories of elasticity. These theories are important, not only because they are applicable to a majority of the problems in continuum mechanics arising in practice, but because they form a solid base upon which one can readily construct more complex theories of material behavior. Further, although attention is limited to the classical theories, the treatment is modern with a major emphasis on foundations and structure

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures
Author: George Deodatis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1315884887

Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures contains the plenary lectures and papers presented at the 11th International Conference on STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY (ICOSSAR2013, New York, NY, USA, 16-20 June 2013), and covers major aspects of safety, reliability, risk and life-cycle performance of str

2nd fib Congress in Naples Italy Vol2

2nd fib Congress in Naples Italy Vol2
Author: FIB – International Federation for Structural Concrete
Publisher: FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2006-06-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8889972068