Construction reliability : safety, variability and sustainability /

• Other Authors: Baroth, Julien, Schoefs, Franck, Breysse, D.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE ; 2011.; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2011.
• Subjects: Buildings > Reliability.; Public works > Reliability.; Structural failures > Prevention.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.; Electronic books.

"This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedb...

Table of Contents:

• pt. 1. Qualitative methods for evaluating the reliability of civil engineering structures
• pt. 2. Heterogeneity and variability of materials : consequences for safety and reliability
• pt. 3. Metamodels for structural reliability
• pt. 4. Methods for structural reliability over time
• pt. 5. Reliability-based maintenance optimization.