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Structural Reliability Estimation for Seismic Loading

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Energy dissipation in dynamic analysis; Finite element analysis; Implicit performance function; Nonlinear analysis; Risk management; Seismic loading; Structural reliability; Time-domain dynamic analysis; Time-domain reliability analysis

Introduction

The estimation of structural reliability has matured over the years. It has been accepted by the profession that if the risk in engineering design cannot completely be eliminated, it needs to be managed appropriately. The issue has attracted added significance since the basic design philosophy has changed from human safety to structural safety. This is in response to limit enormous amount of damage caused to infrastructures during recent earthquakes in China, Chile, Haiti, India, Iran, Japan, the USA, and other parts of the world. The word “structure” is used here in a generic sense. It represents real engineered systems including structures in a nuclear power plant, multistory buildings, onshore and offshore structures, soil–pile...

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Achintya Haldar

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  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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Haldar, A. (2015). Structural Reliability Estimation for Seismic Loading. 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_277

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