Assessing and achieving structural safety

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-230

  Brown, C B ^a,b   Elms, D G ^c   Melchers, R E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Safety hazards

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CODE DEVELOPMENT; CODES OF PRACTICE; DECISION PROCESS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ENGINEER; STRUCTURAL FAILURE; STRUCTURAL SAFETY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 49249104745     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2008.161.4.219     Document Type: Article

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