Redundancy of structural systems based on survivor functions

Proceedings of the 2009 Structures Congress - Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1781-1790

  Frangopol, Dan M ^a   Khan, Fazlur R ^a   Okasha, Nader M ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATING STRUCTURES; EXISTING STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PROBABILISTIC MEASURES; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; RELIABILITY INDEX; SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; SURVIVOR FUNCTION; SYSTEM COLLAPSE; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

BENCHMARKING; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

REDUNDANCY;

EID: 69949133439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41031(341)197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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