Refined second-order reliability analysis
College
Engineering and Computer Science
Department
Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication/Event/Conference Title
Structural Safety
Publication Status
Version of Record
Abstract
A refined second-order method is presented for structural reliability analysis. Exact and approximate reliability solutions are obtained for a circular shaft subject to random bending moments and a random torque. The comparison of the approximate results with exact ones shows that the first-order approximation is only applicable to the case where the failure surface is "far" from the origin, while the suggested second-order approximation yields quite accurate results even if the failure surface is "close" to the origin. © 1994.
First Page
267
Last Page
276
DOI
10.1016/0167-4730(94)90015-9
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Recommended Citation
Cai, G. Q. and Elishakoff, I., "Refined second-order reliability analysis" (1994). Faculty Scholarship. 566.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/566