Structural design codes of practice and their limits

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 773-786

  Brown, C B ^a,b,d,e   Elms, D G ^c,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS   (United States)

^f Royal Society of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Codes; Design; Epistemic; Errors; Ontological; Probabilistic; Safety; Specifications; Surprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548104971     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.014658     Document Type: Article

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