Detrimental or serendipitous effect of human error on reliability of structures

Author Type

Faculty

Co-Author Type 1

Outside Researcher

Co-Author Type 2

Outside Researcher

Co-Author Type 3

Outside Researcher

College

Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication/Event/Conference Title

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Publication Status

Version of Record

Abstract

This paper is directed to a single objective: to illustrate the possible error associated with an interpretation of experimental data, in terms of the stochastic dependency of involved random variables in view of evaluating the structural reliability. It is shown that in some circumstances the error may prove to be serendipitous; more importantly however, in some other instances it may turn out to be detrimental. It is concluded that the error associated with reliability calculations should become a part of any serious implementation of probabilistic design for structural components or large scale structures.

First Page

1

Last Page

7

DOI

10.1016/0045-7825(95)00827-6

Publication Date

1-1-1996

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