Structural reliability
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Active learning for structural reliability: Survey, general framework and benchmark Open
Active learning methods have recently surged in the literature due to their ability to solve complex structural reliability problems within an affordable computational cost. These methods are designed by adaptively building an inexpensive …
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Life cycle structural integrity management of offshore structures Open
An overview of structural integrity management of offshore structures in the oil and gas energy sector is presented in this article. Based on relevant experiences with the hazards, accidents and means to control the associated risks are ca…
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Novel reliability method validation for offshore structural dynamic response Open
The paper validates novel structural reliability Gaidai-Fu-Xing (GFX) method, particularly suitable for multi-dimensional structural responses, versus well established bivariate statistical method, that is known to accurately predict two-d…
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Reliability-based life-cycle-cost comparison of different corrosion management strategies Open
Very limited studies have been done in the past regarding quantitative comparison of different corrosion management strategies in terms of using different materials in design and repair of reinforced concrete (RC) structures from a life-cy…
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Reliability estimation of industrial building structures Open
The article is devoted to solving the problem of the reliability of industrial building structures: crane and roof beams, columns, redundant building systems. For this aim, the probabilistic method of structural reliability estimation is d…
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General aspects on structural integrity Open
This paper seeks to mark the fruitful collaborative research between scholars in the University of Southampton and Beihang University for last 25 years on structural integrity. Their efforts addressed some important issues in structural in…
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Challenges in geotechnical design revealed by reliability assessment: Review and future perspectives Open
This report discusses the challenges associated with geotechnical design through a review of research on the reliability analysis of geotechnical structures. This report is organized into two parts: (1) challenges related to the geotechnic…
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Approximation of the Monte Carlo Sampling Method for Reliability Analysis of Structures Open
Structural load types, on the one hand, and structural capacity to withstand these loads, on the other hand, are of a probabilistic nature as they cannot be calculated and presented in a fully deterministic way. As such, the past few decad…
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Uncertainty quantification in fatigue crack-growth predictions Open
The reliability of the damage tolerance approach to engineering design is affected by numerous sources of uncertainty that can lead to unsafe predictions, in turn jeopardizing the safety of structures. This work presents a robust stochasti…
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Inspection scheduling based on reliability updating of gas turbine welded structures Open
This article presents a novel methodology for the inspection scheduling of gas turbine welded structures, based on reliability calculations and overhaul findings. The model was based on a probabilistic crack propagation analysis for welds …
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Risk‐based derivation of target reliability levels for life extension of wind turbine structural components Open
The main wind turbine design standard IEC61400‐1 ed. 4 includes an annual target reliability index for structural components of 3.3. Presently, no standards specify specific reliability requirements for existing wind turbines, to be used i…
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The meaning of Beta: background and applicability of the target reliability index for normal conditions to structural fire engineering Open
Uncommon structural fire engineering designs must demonstrate adequate safety, in principle, through a balancing of the uncertain future costs and benefits of safety investments. In structural design for normal load conditions ('ambient de…
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An Efficient Reliability-Based Approach for Evaluating Safe Scaled Distance of Steel Columns under Dynamic Blast Loads Open
Damage to building load-bearing members (especially columns) under explosions and impact are critical issues for structures, given that they may cause a progressive collapse and remarkably increase the number of potential victims. One of t…
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Confinement effects within the seismic design of reinforced concrete frames: reliability assessment and comparison Open
The current Italian code "NTC2018" and Eurocode "EC8" provide specific design requirements in terms of flexural overstrength factors for reinforced concrete (RC) buildings in seismic areas. This study proposes to improve the design methodo…
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The latent failure probability: A conceptual basis for robust, reliability-based and risk-based design optimization Open
The safety of structural systems depends on social, political, financial, organizational, behavioral, and other non-structural factors. These factors are related to use of the structure and its environment, malevolent and other unanticipat…
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Reliability-based decision making for concrete elements exposed to fire Open
Fire is one of the most severe load conditions for structures and may cause premature failure of structural components, potentially resulting in human casualties and considerable economic losses. A number of recent fire-induced failures as…
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Interval Non-Probabilistic Reliability of a Surrounding Jointed Rockmass in Underground Engineering: A Case Study Open
To consider the uncertainty when determining the values of geo-mechanical parameters, interval values are used to indicate the physical and mechanical parameters of the rockmass. An interval non-probabilistic reliability model of the surro…
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Reliability‐based approach to the robustness of corroded reinforced concrete structures Open
Currently, decisions on the maintenance and repair of infrastructural assets, structures in particular, are mostly based on the results of inspections and the resulting condition index, neglecting system robustness and therefore not making…
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Evaluation of correlation between engineering demand parameters of structures for seismic system reliability analysis Open
As urban communities get sophisticated and complex, it is becoming increasingly important to assure the resilience of infrastructure systems against earthquakes, which may cause many casualties and critical socioeconomic losses. To this en…
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Sensitivity analysis of design parameters for reliability assessment of offshore wind turbine jacket support structures Open
Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) support structures are subjected to hostile environments, defined by highly stochastic loads and complex soil-structure interaction, and thus the need for a probabilistic approach towards design. The study carri…
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Formation of integrated structural units using the systematic and integrated method when implementing high-rise construction projects Open
Development of design documentation for a future construction project gives rise to a number of issues with the main one being selection of manpower for structural units of the project’s overall implementation system. Well planned and comp…
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Advances in Modelling and Analysis of Strength of Corroded Ship Structures Open
The present study reviews the recent advances in modelling and analyses the strength of corroded ship structures. Firstly, the time-variant methodologies that consider only the mean structural element thickness loss due to corrosion degrad…
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The Impact of Node Location Imperfections on the Reliability of Single-Layer Steel Domes Open
This study is an attempt to assess the effect of node location imperfections on the reliability dome. The analysis concerns a single-layer steel lattice dome that is very sensitive to node snap-through. The load-displacement path of the st…
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Analysis of Basic Failure Scenarios of a Truss Tower in a Probabilistic Approach Open
This paper concerns the system reliability analysis of steel truss towers. Due to failures of towers, the assessment of their reliability seems to be a very important problem. In the analysis, two cases are examined: when the buckling coef…
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PROBABILITY DENSITY EVOLUTION FOR TIME-VARYING RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF WING STRUCTURES Open
Reliability evaluation is a key factor in serviceability and safety analysis of air vehicles. Structural health monitoring methods have grown to a degree of maturity in many industries. However, there is a challenging interest to tie in SH…
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Uncertainty Theory-Based Structural Reliability Analysis and Design Optimization under Epistemic Uncertainty Open
Reliability analysis and trade-offs between safety and cost with insufficient data represent an inevitable problem during the early stage of structural design. In this paper, efficient uncertainty theory-based reliability analysis and a de…
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Structural Reliability Analysis Using DOProC Method Open
Various calculation methods based on the theory of probability and statistics are used for structural analysis and reliability assessment. Those methods so-called probabilistic have been becoming very popular recently. Using the probabilis…
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Reliability analysis of shell truss structure by hybrid Monte Carlo method Open
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Intelligent vectorial surrogate modeling framework for multi-objective reliability estimation of aerospace engineering structural systems Open
To improve the computational efficiency and accuracy of multi-objective reliability estimation for aerospace engineering structural systems, the Intelligent Vectorial Surrogate Modeling (IVSM) concept is presented by fusing the compact sup…
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A new computational method for structural reliability with Big Data Open
A new computational method for structural reliability based on big data is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the big data is collected via structural monitoring and is analyzed. The big data is then classified into different groups accordin…