Four-moment reliability analysis for static and time-dependent problems

1980; Elsevier BV; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0143-8174(80)90012-8

ISSN

1878-2809

Autores

David B. Parkinson,

Tópico(s)

Structural Response to Dynamic Loads

Resumo

A reliability analysis is described in which the sample moments of the design variables are used to define the first four moments of a function representing the condition of failure, or malfunction, in the space of the design variables. These moments are then employed in transforming the failure function to a space of a normal random variable so permitting an estimate of failure probability to be made. A four-moment Reliability Index is defined and some examples of the technique are provided. The extension of the technique to stationary stochastic processes, for time-dependent problems, is discussed, and some alternative transformation procedures are compared.

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