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Oct 1967
Analysis of Structural Reliability
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: Fred Moses, AM.ASCE, and David E. KinserAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 93, Issue 5
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Advances in the field of structural analysis should be accompanied by improved statistical methods of determining structural safety. The reliability or the probability of survival of the structure is used as a rational criterion for structural safety. Three methods including Monte Carlo simulation, numerical integration, and failure mode ordering are developed for computing the reliability of a structure with many members and load conditions described by frequency distributions. An elastic pinned end truss with thirteen members and two load conditions is analyzed. Investigation of different values of standard deviation for the load and strength distributions leads to a criterion for determining whether failure modes may be treated as statistically dependent or independent. The design of structures for a specified reliability is also discussed.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 93 • Issue 5 • October 1967
Pages: 147 - 164
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© 1967 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 1967
Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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Fred Moses, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Engrg., Case Inst. of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio.
David E. Kinser
Graduate Asst., Engrg. Div., Case Inst. of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio.
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