STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS USING DETERMINISTIC FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS
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THE PAPER SHOWS HOW STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ALGORITHMS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO DETERMINISTIC (COMMERCIAL) FINITE ELEMENT CODES AND USED TO PERFORM NUMERICAL STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT MODELS OF A STRUCTURE. A STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY MODULE IS DEVELOPED AND LINKED TO THE ANSYS FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING A CUSTOMIZED VERSION OF THE PROGRAM. STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS CAN BE PERFORMED IN THE ANSYS ENVIRONMENT, AND INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A PARAMETRIC ¯NITE ELEMENT MODEL, DEFINITION OF RANDOM PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS, DE¯NITION OF A LIMIT STATE FUNCTION BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT RESULTS, AND SOLUTION FOR THE FAILURE PROBABILITY. NUMERICAL EXAMPLES INVOLVING TRUSS AND FRAME STRUCTURES ARE STUDIED. AN APPLICATION EXAMPLE - STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF AN EYE-BAR USPENSION BRIDGE - IS ALSO PRESENTED.Downloads
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2006-09-01
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