Abstract: Classical reliability has significantly enhanced the ability of engineers to assess the safety of constructed projects. It has been shown that Bayes' theorem is an effective tool in updating prior probabilities when the ...

Abstract: Reliability of structural members with nonlinear material property subjected to combined live load processes is studied. An earlier study using an envelope process yields very wide bounds of values for the first moment of ...

Abstract: Reliability of a structural member with nonlinear material property subjected to floor live‐load processes is investigated. Earlier studies have assumed a bilinear load‐deformation relationship. However, the actual ...

Abstract: The magnitude of the vector sum of two orthogonal, horizontal, wind velocity components is often modelled by the Rayleigh distribution. In the derivation, it is assumed that the components are independent, identically ...

Abstract: A workable expression is developed in the case of bivariate Gaussian variables for the probability density function of one variable conditioned on a range of values for the other variable. Such an expression is useful in ...

Abstract: Reliability analysis of structural members subjected to a stochastic load process is extended to include material nonlinearity. Characteristics of the nonlinear response are computed for a member with a bilinear force‐deformation ...

Abstract: Any vehicle whose gross weight exceeds 356 kN (80,000 lb) and/or does not conform to the restriction imposed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) requires a permit issued by TDOT in order to use the Tennessee ...