Reliability of Structural Systems
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The available methods for reliability analysis of structural systems            are primarily based on the on the failure mode approach (FMA).                  Shortcomings of the FMA limit its wider applications.  To facilitate            the implementation of reliability theory to practical structures,               alternative methods, based particularly on the recently proposed stable         configuration approach (SCA) will be developed and extended.                    Approximations to the SCA that are necessary for practical purposes             will also be investigated and developed.  The reliability of continuous         systems requires stochastic methods associated with discretized systems         (e.g., by finite elements); a Galerkin formulation and its extension to         stochastic finite elements will be examined for this purpose.  Monte            Carlo algorithms for multi-processor supercomputers will be developed           as a practical tool for large-scale system reliability evaluations.
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