CIVE 7341 — Structural Reliability

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonOnlineTraditionalVideo Streaming

Examines applications of probability theory and random variables for determining the reliability of structures. Includes the following topics: formulation of reliability for structural components and systems; first-order second-moment method, first- and second-order reliability methods, and simulation methods; analysis of model uncertainty and Bayesian parameter estimation technique; load and resistance models and bases for probabilistic structural codes; and time-dependent reliability methods. Assumes no prior knowledge of probability theory.

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