文档介绍：Rosowsky, D. V. “Structural Reliability”
Structural Engineering Handbook
Ed. Chen Wai-Fah
Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 1999
StructuralReliability1
DefinitionofReliability • IntroductiontoReliability-Based
DesignConcepts
RandomVariablesandDistributions • Moments • Conceptof
Independence • Examples • ApproximateAnalysisofMoments
• StatisticalEstimationandDistributionFitting
BasicR−SProblem • plicatedLimitStateFunctions
ReducibletoR−SForm • Examples
Introduction • FORM/SORMTechniques • MonteCarloSim-
ulation
Introduction • BasicSystems • IntroductiontoClassicalSystem
ReliabilityTheory • RedundantSystems • Examples
-BasedDesign(Codes)
Introduction • CalibrationandSelectionofTargetReliabili-
ties • MaterialPropertiesandDesignValues • DesignLoads
binations • EvaluationofLoadandResistance
Factors
Acknowledgments
DepartmentofCivilEngineering, References
ClemsonUniversity, FurtherReading
Clemson,SC Appendix
Introduction
DefinitionofReliability
Reliabilityandreliability-baseddesign(RBD)aretermsthatarebeingassociatedincreasinglywiththe
thecivilengineeringcurriculum,eitheratthegraduateorundergraduatelevels,somebasicknowledge
oftheconceptsofstructuralreliabilitycanbeusefulinunderstandingthedevelopmentandbasesfor
manymoderndesigncodes(includingthoseoftheAmericanInstituteofSteelConstruction[AISC],
1PartsofthischapterwerepreviouslypublishedbyCRCPressinTheCivilEngineeringHandbook,,Ed.,1995.
c 1999byCRCPressLLC
the American Concrete Institute [ACI], the American Association of State Highway Transportation
Officials [AASHTO], and others).
Reliability simply refers to some probabilistic measure of satisfactory (or safe) performance, and
as such