Reliability problems in earthquake engineering

This monograph deals with the problem of reliability analysis in the field of Earthquake Engineering. Chapter 1 is devoted to a summary of the most widely used reliability methods, with emphasis on Monte Carlo and solver surrogate techniques used in the subsequent chapters. Chapter 2 presents a disc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Hurtado Gómez, Jorge Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: libro
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/28508
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/28508
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Earthquake engineering
Monograph series in Earthquake Engineering
Monografías de Ingeniería Sísmica
Enginyeria sísmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia::Sismologia
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Sumario:This monograph deals with the problem of reliability analysis in the field of Earthquake Engineering. Chapter 1 is devoted to a summary of the most widely used reliability methods, with emphasis on Monte Carlo and solver surrogate techniques used in the subsequent chapters. Chapter 2 presents a discussion of the Monte Carlo from the viewpoint of Information Theory. Then, a discussion is made in Chapter 3 on the selection of random variables in Earthquake Engineering. Next, some practical methods for computing failure probabilities under seismic loads are reported in Chapter 4. Finally, a method for reliability-based design optimization under seismic loads is presented in Chapter 5.