Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems: Assessment, Design, and Life-Cycle Performance

Dan M. Frangopol, Mitsuo Kawatani, Chul W. Kim

• PrefaceKeynote PapersOptimization and reliability problems in structural design of wind turbinesLife-cycle performance and cost analysis of bridge network considering seismic riskExchangeable condition states and Bayesian reliability updatingTechnical ContributionsPractical assessments of risk and its uncertaintySampling strategies to detect threshold excursions in random fieldsRole of uncertainties in the lifetime performance of concrete structuresLifetime optimization of deteriorating structuresSeismic reliability functions for complex systems based on a secant-stiffnessreduction indexRedundancy and robustness of structures: A retrospectiveCase study of a hands-on inspection for optimal maintenance planning for railwaybridgesCondition rating methodology on RC bridges with chloride induced deteriorationA new performance-based maintenance approach for infrastructuresEarthquake-proof reliability-based design for steel rigid-frame piers of highway bridgesEffect of dynamic wheel loads on fatigue performance of RC slabsEffect of uncertainty in cross-sectional property on reliability-based topologyoptimization of frame structuresThe applications of the third-order normal polynomial to structural reliability assessmentBridge live load effects based on statistics of extremes using on-site load monitoringNon-Gaussianity of structural resistance in the directional simulation in load spaceOptimal strengthening of RC bridges with degradation in safety due to chlorideinduced deteriorationEvaluation of seismic performance of highway bridge system by Multi-StateSystem approachOptimal condition control of systems comprised of multiple homogeneous componentsAn investigation on story failure modes of frame structuresElasto-plastic response of steel bridge pier base joint under seismic loadingModelling the loss of steel-concrete bonds in corroded reinforced concrete beamsRandom vibrations and peak response of a shear beam under high frequencyseismic effectsCase studies on determination of load and resistance factors by method of momentsA method for computing reliability bound of series structural systemsAuthor index