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Reliability of building structures
FAST-5D5Acad. year: 2019/2020
Introduction of reliability theory, reliability background of standards for structural design (Eurocodes), Structural resistance and load action as two independent random variables, limit state and philosophy of design by standard EN1990, theoretical failure probability, reliability conditions, reliability reserve, reliability index, numerical simulation method Monte Carlo, Latine Hypercube Sampling, Importace Sampling, basic methods for failure probability analysis of structures designed by standards for design, basic methods for statistics, sensitivity and probabilistic analysis application to steel structures design.
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2.Limit state and philosophy of design by standard EN1990.
3.Reliability standards: theoretical failure probability, reliability index.
4.Numerical simulation method Monte Carlo in applications.
5.Computation model, model uncertainty, grosses errors.
6.Numerical simulation methods Latine Hypercube Sampling, Importace Sampling in applications.
7.Random process and random fields – Stochastic finite element methods and these applications.
8.Probabilistic optimization, problems of live-time of structures.
9.Used of statistics and sensitivity analysis for design of structures.
10.Verification and calibration of standards design procedures.
11.Imperfections analysis and this influence to failure of steel structures.
l2.Unbalanced of the failure probability of the structures designed by standards, option of input variability modelling.
13.Reliability software - replenishment, conclusion and recapitulate.
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Basic literature
Thoft-Christensen P., Baker, M. J.: Thoft-Christensen P., Baker, M. J.. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982 1982
Tichý, M.: Applied methods of structural reliability. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrech, 1993
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