Applied Methods of Structural Reliability - Tichý, Milík

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Sommaire:
1 Principal Concepts.- 1.1 Reliability systems S-L-E and CF.- 1.2 Defectologic concepts.- 1.3 States, stages, and situations.- 1.4 Requirements, criteria, and parameters.- 2 Tools.- 2.1 Probability and statistics.- 2.2 Reliability theory.- 2.3 Method of moments.- 2.4 Monte Carlo simulation.- 2.5 Fuzzy logic.- 3 Phenomena, Events and Relations.- 3.1 Phenomena and events.- 3.2 Existential relations.- 3.3 Sequential relations.- 3.4 Physical relations.- 3.5 Statistical relations.- 3.6 Favorable and adverse phenomena.- 3.7 Combinations of events.- 4 Structure.- 4.1 Elementary properties.- 4.2 Resistance.- 4.3 Stiffness.- 5 Load.- 5.1 Load/structure relations.- 5.2 Load/load relations.- 5.3 Random behavior of load.- 5.4 Analysis of load data.- 5.5 One-variable model of load.- 5.6 Loading history.- 5.7 Load combinations.- 6 Environment.- 7 Physical Reliability Requirements.- 7.1 Formative requirement.- 7.2 Global requirement.- 7.3 Elementary requirements.- 8 Probabilistic and Statistical Reliability Requirements.- 8.1 Global probabilistic reliability requirement.- 8.2 Formative probabilistic reliability requirements.- 8.3 Elementary probabilistic reliability requirements.- 8.4 Classification of the probabilistic design methods.- 8.5 Statistical reliability requirements.- 9 Calculation of the Failure Charac leristics.- 9.1 Calculation of the failure probability.- 9.2 Calculation of the Hasofer-Lind reliability index.- 9.3 Estimate of Pf based on ?HL.- 10 Reliability Parameters.- 10.1 Values of constructed facilities.- 10.2 Target life.- 10.3 Target failure probability.- 10.4 Reliability differentiation.- 10.5 Constraints.- 11 Probability-Based Optimization.- 11.1 Problem statement.- 11.2 Maximum distress probability.- 11.3 Minimum distress requirement.- 11.4 Target values of dollars dollars{\dot P_{dt}} dollars dollars and dollars dollars{\bar P_{dt}} dollars dollars.- 12 Direct Method.- 12.1 Principles.- 12.2 Proportioning based on the direct method.- 12.3 Codified design format.- 12.4 Merits and drawbacks.- 13 Method of Extreme Functions.- 13.1 Principles.- 13.2 Load and load-effects.- 13.3 Resistance.- 13.4 Differentiation problem.- 13.5 Codified design format.- 13.6 Merits and drawbacks.- 14 Method of Extreme Values.- 14.1 Principles.- 14.2 Combinations of adverse events.- 14.3 Load and load-effects.- 14.4 Resistance variables.- 14.5 Differentiation problem.- 14.6 Codified design format.- 14.7 Partial reliability factors.- 14.8 Merits and drawbacks.- 15 Reliability Engineering.- 15.1 Reliability engineer.- 15.2 Reliability assurance.- 15.3 Structural codes.- 15.4 Quality control and quality assurance.- 15.5 Reliability assessment.- 16 The Future.- 16.1 Position of the structural reliability theory.- 16.2 Limitations.- Appendices.- A Log-Normal Distribution.- Tables.- B Beta-4 Probability Paper.- C Summary of Notations and Abbreviations.- D References.