Fundamentals of Structural Reliability Analysis

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-35461-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering

This textbook introduces a new perspective that emphasizes the propagation of randomness in engineering systems and the integration of physical mechanisms into probabilistic structural reliability analysis. It develops a unified theoretical framework that bridges classical mathematical approaches with physically-informed reliability assessment, offering a comprehensive foundation for both researchers and practitioners. It highlights the impact of load processes & material behavior on structural reliability, and covers component-level & global reliability, static & dynamic loads, and advanced reliability-based design optimization. Then, it investigates the probability density evolution method (PDEM) & other physically-based stochastic methods, connecting classical and contemporary reliability theories.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Jie

Lyu, Meng-Ze

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Kontinuumsmechanik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Gebäudebrandschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Loads on Structures and Their Modeling.- Propagation of Randomness Associated with Loads in Structures.- Propagation of Randomness Associated with Material Properties: Statistical Moments of Structural Component Resistance.- Reliability Analysis of Structural Components: Moment-Based Methods.- Propagation of Randomness in Structural Systems: Probability Density Evolution Theory.- Global Reliability Analysis of Structures.- Load Effect Combination and Related Reliability Analysis.- Reliability-Based Design of Structures.

Über Autor(innen)

Jie Li is Chair Professor in Structural Engineering at Tongji University, China, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the honorary director of Shanghai Institute of Disaster Prevention and Relief. Prof. Li has been devoted to the theoretical research on structural engineering and stochastic mechanics for over 40 years. His contributions are distributed in the areas of stochastic dynamics, damage mechanics and engineering reliability. In 2014, he was awarded the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal by ASCE. In 2017-2022, he served as president of the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR).

Meng-Ze Lyu , PhD, is a research fellow at the Institute for Risk & Reliability, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. His research interests focus on stochastic dynamics, reliability analysis and design optimization of complex engineering systems, including the development of dimension-reduced probability density evolution equations, time-variant extreme value distributions of Markov processes, decoupled multi-probability density evolution method, and their applications in seismic, wind, and geotechnical safety and fragility assessment.