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Response Variability and Reliability of Structures

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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering

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Failure probability; Fragility; Response statistics; Stochastic dynamics

Introduction

Computational methods, such as the finite element method, are nowadays necessary for the analysis and design of large-scale engineering systems. The considerable influence of inherent uncertainties on system behavior has also led the scientific community to recognize the importance of a stochastic approach to engineering problems. Engineering experience has shown that uncertainties are involved not only in the loading but also in the material and geometric properties of engineering systems. The rational treatment of these uncertainties cannot be addressed rigorously in the framework of the traditional deterministic approach. Stochastic methods do provide this possibility at the expense of increasing the complexity of the system model and, consequently, of the required computational effort for the solution of the problem. Therefore, the exploitation of the available computational resources and...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Structural Analysis & Antiseismic Research, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece

    George Stefanou

  2. Institute of Structural Analysis & Dynamics of Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    George Stefanou

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Stefanou, G. (2015). Response Variability and Reliability of Structures. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_156

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