Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structures, Infrastructures and Engineering Systems

Download or read book Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structures, Infrastructures and Engineering Systems written by Hitoshi Furuta and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing the papers of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR2009, Osaka, Japan), this work covers safety and reliability of structures and systems in civil, marine, mechanical, transportation, and aerospace systems. A special focus is placed on advanced technologies, analytical and computational risk analysis, probability-based design and regulations, smart systems and materials, life cycle cost analysis, damage assessment, social aspects, and commercial applications. Emerging concepts and novel applications of reliability principles in all types of structural systems and mechanical components are included. In addition to the text, all of the papers are included on a fully searchable CD-ROM.