Optimal Stochastic Control Schemes within a Structural Reliability Framework

• Main Author: Leira, Bernt J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

The book addresses the topic of on-line implementation of structural and mechanical design criteria as an explicit part of optimal control schemes. The intention of the present research monograph is to reflect recent developments within this area. Examples of application of relevant control algorith...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Structural Limit States and Reliability Measures
• 3.Dynamic Structural Response Analysis and Probabilistic Representation
• 4.Categories of On-line Control Schemes Based on Structural Reliability Criteria
• 5. Example Applications Related to On-line Control Schemes
• 6. Conclusions.