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Determination of partial safety coefficients of structural reliability based on contaminated distribution

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Partial safety factors must be evaluated precisely for the given target reliability index to ensure the certain level of structural reliability due to uncertain factors. The current studies of partial safety factors do not consider human error in construction for structural reliability. A mathematically model should be improved to simulate the partial safety coefficient concerned uncertainty factors which concern the effect of human error in construction. We employ the contaminated distribution to obtain the realistic mean value and standard variance of variable of structural parameters which coexist with random error human error. The reasonable partial safety coefficient can be calculated based on the realistic value of structural parameters concerned the effects of random error and gross error.

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  1. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Chong Zhou  (周 冲) & Xin-jian Kou  (寇新建)

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Zhou, C., Kou, Xj. Determination of partial safety coefficients of structural reliability based on contaminated distribution. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) 15, 285–290 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-010-1004-4

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