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Book SynopsisOffers a rigorous and comprehensive treatment of reliability analysis of structures and systems using numerous examples and end-of-chapter problems. Accompanied online by a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides, it is the ideal textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in departments of civil, environmental and mechanical engineering.
Trade Review'This textbook is invaluable to all concerned with structural and system reliability analysis. Providing a modern, rigorous, and comprehensive treatment of the theory and practice, it is a must-read for students, scholars, and practitioners learning, researching, or practicing in this field.' Dan M. Frangopol, Lehigh University
'This book is a welcome addition to the literature on structural reliability, which in recent decades has become essential to structural engineering practice. Authored by a leading international contributor to the mathematical foundations of structural reliability, much of the coverage has been informed by his own research and teaching. Readers wanting a comprehensive overview of the field, with its diverse problems, applications, and challenges, will find this volume indispensable for their technical libraries.' Bruce R. Ellingwood, Colorado State University
'This monograph is a manifest of the impressive contributions of the author and his students to the philosophy and the computationally practicable methods of first- and second-order structural reliability evaluation, necessarily resting on a Bayesian interpretation of probability applied to any type of uncertainty. The history of the field is fairly described, along with the step-by-step unfolding of the theory. The large number of examples and problems makes the book well suited for self-study.' Ove Ditlevsen, Technical University of Denmark
'The long-awaited textbook from one of the great teachers of structural reliability and stochastic mechanics! Professor Der Kiureghian wrote a book that is comprehensive and thorough, but also easily accessible to those new to the field. It is already a classic and an invaluable source for all students, researchers, and practitioners of structural reliability methods.' Daniel Straub, Technical University of Munich
'Professor Der Kiureghian has been one of the fathers of structural and system reliability analysis since the early 1980s and has devoted his entire career to research and education on this topic. No need to say that this book has been expected for a long time by the community! In this textbook, the reader will find elements of probability theory and the basics on structural reliability analysis (FORM/SORM, simulation methods, reliability updating, systems analysis), as well as state-of-the-art methods in stochastic structural dynamics, reliability-based design optimization and more, making it a must-have both for graduate students in engineering, researchers, and practitioners in the field. The crystal-clear writing style and the numerous exercises provided in each chapter make it the perfect reference for teaching.' Bruno Sudret, ETH Zurich
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Review of probability theory; 3. Multivariate distributions; 4. Formulation of structural reliability; 5. Analysis of structural reliability under incomplete probability information; 6. The first-order reliability method; 7. The second-order reliability method; 8. System reliability; 9. Simulation methods; 10. Bayesian parameter estimation and reliability updating; 11. Time- and space-variant reliability analysis; 12. Finite-element reliability methods; 13. Reliability methods for stochastic structural dynamics; 14. Reliability-based design optimization; 15. Bayesian network for reliability assessment and updating; References; Index.
