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A multi-configuration approach to reliability based structural integrity assessment for ultimate strength

Structural Reliability treats uncertainties in structural design systematically,
evaluating the levels of safety and serviceability of structures. During the past
decades, it has been established as a valuable design tool for the description of
the performance of structures, and lately stands as a basis in the background of
the most of the modern design standards, aiming to achieve a uniform
behaviour within a class of structures. Several methods have been proposed for
the estimation of structural reliability, both deterministic (FORM and SORM) and
stochastic (Monte Carlo Simulation etc) in nature.
Offshore structures should resist complicated and, in most cases, combined
environmental phenomena of greatly uncertain magnitude (eg. wind, wave,
current, operational loads etc). Failure mechanisms of structural systems and
components are expressed through limit state functions, which distinguish a
failure and a safe region of operation. For a jacket offshore structure, which
comprises of multiple tubular members interconnected in a three dimensional
truss configuration, the limit state function should link the actual load or load
combination acting on it locally, to the response of each structural member. Cont/d.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:CRANFIELD1/oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/5717
Date11 1900
CreatorsKolios, Athanasios
ContributorsBrennan, Feargal
PublisherCranfield University
Source SetsCRANFIELD1
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or dissertation, Doctoral, PhD
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