Abstract: Owing to the relative severity and unfamiliarity of the ocean environment, the scarcity of data about loads and materials, and the expense of data‐gathering, uncertainties faced in engineering of offshore structures are ...

Abstract: A method of stochastic finite element analysis is developed for solving a variety of engineering mechanics problems in which physical properties exhibit one‐dimensional spatial random variation. The method is illustrated ...

Abstract: In this paper, we employ the metaphors of the hedgehog and the fox, as elaborated by Isaiah Berlin and recently employed by Philip Tetlock, in order to contrast two opposite but complementary approaches to infrastructure ...

Abstract: An integrated vulnerability model is presented to estimate structural damage and related economic losses in clusters of residential buildings resulting from hurricane winds. The model accounts for the occurrence of a ...