FORMULATION OF PROBABILISTIC DESIGN

A transformation of the random variables in a problem of probabilistic design into standardized independent Gaussian variables is proposed as a means of assigning a reliability index to a design. Probability bounds can be obtained rigorously as functions of the reliability index. The approach conceptually extends the useful reliability index from second-moment formats to probabilistic formats. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Lind, N C
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 273-284
• Serial:
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: EM2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9399
  • EISSN: 1943-7889
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jenmdt

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Design; Indexes (Information management); Mathematical analysis; Probability theory; Reliability; Stochastic processes; Structural design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165310
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE 12861 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM