Harmonizing structural safety levels with life-quality objectives

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 500-510

  Maes, M A ^a   Pandey, M D ^b   Nathwani, J S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Hydro One Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life quality index; Lifetime utility; Limit states design; Minimum life cycle cost; Risk acceptance; Risk reduction; Structural safety; Target reliability levels

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

LIFE-QUALITY INDEX; LIFETIME UTILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 11244326011     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-112     Document Type: Article

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