Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems

Preface

Bayesian network modeling of system performance
M.T. Bensi, A. Der Kiureghian & D. Straub

Reliability analysis of a pressurized water reactor vessel using sparse polynomial chaos expansions
G. Blatman & B. Sudret

The maximum of a stationary non-differentiable Gaussian process
K. Breitung

Introducing results from non-destructive testing into time variant safety analysis
C. Bucher

Damage identification by Lévy ant colony optimization
G. Cottone, A. Pirrotta, G. Fileccia Scimemi & E. Riva Sanseverino

Expected life-cycle costs of bolted connections for steel buildings subjected to seismic loading
D. De León

A hierarchical surrogate-based strategy for reliability-based design optimization
V. Dubourg, J.-M. Bourinet & B. Sudret

Structural reliability assessment using Kriging metamodel and Monte Carlo simulation: AK-MCS method
B. Echard, N. Gayton & M. Lemaire

Life-cycle framework for maintenance, monitoring, and reliability of naval ship structures
D.M. Frangopol & N.M. Okasha

Optimal maintenance planning considering deterioration uncertainty
H. Hattori, H. Furuta, K. Nakatsu, N. Tokioka & K. Ishibashi

Bridge health monitoring using output-only vibration measurements excited by a single moving vehicle
C.W. Kim & M. Kawatani

Risk analysis of fatigue-induced sequential failures by Branch-and-Bound method employing system reliability bounds
Y.-J. Lee & J. Song

Probabilistic damage assessment by means of Bayesian FE model updating
G. Lombaert, B. Moaveni & J.P. Conte

Optimal structural control under stochastic uncertainty
K. Marti & I. Stein

Identification of the parameters of complex constitutive models: Least squares minimization vs. Bayesian updating
T. Most

Risk-based operation and maintenance planning for offshore wind turbines
J.J. Nielsen & J.D. Sørensen

A scalable parametric approximation to multi-normal probability integrals
K. Nishijima, J. Qin & M.H. Faber

Stochastic life-cycle cost analysis of structures in a finite time planning horizon
M.D. Pandey & T. Cheng

Geotechnical reliability updating using stochastic FEM
I. Papaioannou & D. Straub

Optimal design of tall buildings subjected to wind action in the framework of performance based design
F. Petrini, M. Ciampoli & G. Augusti

Framework for probabilistic calibration of fatigue design factors for offshore wind turbine support structures
J.G. Rangel-Ramírez & J.D. Sørensen

Multiobjective non-linear random vibration analysis for performance-based earthquake engineering
S. Sessa

Fuzzy reliability of concrete bridge elements with respect to the reinforcement chloride corrosion
R. Sieniawska, P. Sniady & S. Zukowski

Dynamic response optimization of tall buildings subject to extreme wind loads
S.M.J. Spence & M. Gioffrè

Reliability updating with measurements in spatially distributed systems using stochastic simulation
D. Straub

Structural optimization based on reliability index mapping functions
W.H. Tang & J. Zhang

Fatigue life of wind turbine blades
P. Thoft-Christensen, R.R. Pedersen & S.R.K. Nielsen

Load level and target column over-design factors of frames under a specific reliability level
Y.-G. Zhao & M. Sharfuddin

Summary of the discussion session
Author index

Biography

Daniel Straub