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A Sampling Distribution for System Reliability Assessment

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Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Engineering ((LNENG,volume 33))

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This paper introduces a sampling distribution (WGNSD) for Importance Sampling method, which can be used in structural system reliability assessment. Four numerical examples of various cases presented verify success of the approach. It is clarified that independent sampling distribution produces poor estimates for correlated structural system.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA

    Gongkang Fu & Fred Moses

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  1. Institute of Building Technology and Structural Engineering, The University of Aalborg, Sohngardsholmvej 57, DK-9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    P. Thoft-Christensen

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Fu, G., Moses, F. (1987). A Sampling Distribution for System Reliability Assessment. In: Thoft-Christensen, P. (eds) Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83279-6_10

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