Reliability and optimization of structural systems: assessment, design, and life-cycle performance

This volume contains a collection of papers presented at the Thirteenth Scientific Meeting of the IFIP Working Group on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems which took place in Kobe, Japan, October 11-14, 2006. The Working Conference was organized by the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Working Group 7.5 of the Technical Committee on System Modeling and Optimization. It was sponsored by Kobe University, the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), and the Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA). The purpose of the Working Group is to promote modern structural system reliability and optimization theory and its applications, to stimulate research, development and application of structural system reliability and optimization theory, to assist and advance research and development in these fields, to further the dissemination and exchange of information on reliability and optimization of structural systems, and to encourage education in structural system reliability and optimization theory. The main themes of the Working Conference were structural reliability methods, reliability-based optimization, structural system reliability and risk analysis, lifetime performance and various applications in civil engineering. The speakers included internationally established researchers and several young researchers. This volume will be invaluable to all concerned with structural system reliability and optimization, especially students, engineers, and workers in research and development.

• ISBN: 978-0-415-40655-0
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 290
• Fecha Publicación: 10/03/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés