Abstract: This paper presents a reliability-based methodology for calibration of the fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) resistance reduction factor used in the design of FRP-confined RC columns designed based on current guidelines. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents a probabilistic procedure for deriving design models for the ultimate strength and strain of fiber–reinforced-polymer (FRP)-confined concrete. First, a large database of axial compression tests performed ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel system reliability analysis method as an alternative to matrix-based system reliability (MSR). Traditional MSR requires the fitting of a Dunnett-Sobel (DS) class correlation matrix to the general ...