Reliability And Optimization Of Structural Systems: Proceedings Of The First Ifip Wg. 7.5. Working Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, May 6-8, 1987

**From the Preface:** The Proceedings contain papers presented at the 1st Working Conference on "Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems", Aalborg, Denmark, May 6-8, 1987. The conference was the first scientific meeting of the new IFIP Working Group 7.5 on "Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems". The purpose of the Working Group 7.5 is: - to promote modern structural system optimization and reliability theory, - to advance international cooperation in the field of structural system optimization and reliability theory, - to stimulate research, development and application of structural system optimization and reliability theory, - to further the dissemination and exchange of information on reliability and optimization of structural system optimization and reliability theory, - to encourage education in structural system optimization and reliability theory. Front Matter....Pages I-VI On the Application of a Nonlinear Finite Element Formulation in Structural Systems Reliability....Pages 1-19 Fatigue Life Estimation under Random Overloads....Pages 21-29 Application to Marine Structures of Asymptotic Vector Process Methods....Pages 31-43 Reliability Analysis of Discrete Dynamic Systems under Non-Stationary Random Excitations....Pages 45-65 Reliability of Partly Damaged Structures....Pages 67-76 Controlled Unreliable Process with Explicit or Implicit Breakdowns and Mixed Executive Times....Pages 77-90 Reliability Computations for Rigid Plastic Frames with General Yield Conditions....Pages 91-108 Parallel Systems of Series Subsystems....Pages 109-117 Range-Mean-Pair Exceedances in Stationary Gaussian Processes....Pages 119-139 A Sampling Distribution for System Reliability Assessment....Pages 141-155 Comparison of Numerical Schemes for the Multinormal Integral....Pages 157-174 Reliability of Fiber Bundles under Random Time-Dependent Loads....Pages 175-182 A Practical Application of Structural System Reliability Analysis....Pages 183-197 Outcrossing Formulation for Redundant Structural Systems under Fatigue....Pages 199-222 Optimal Bridge Design by Geometric Programming....Pages 223-232 An Application of Fuzzy Linear and Nonlinear Programming to Structural Optimization....Pages 233-242 On the Calibration of ARMA Processes for Simulation....Pages 243-257 Level Four Optimization for Structural Glass Design....Pages 259-273 Contribution to the Identification of Dominant Failure Modes in Structural Systems....Pages 275-285 Reliability Estimates by Quadratic Approximation of the Limit State Surface....Pages 287-295 Failure Mode Enumeration for System Reliability Assessment by Optimization Algorithms....Pages 297-306 Reliability Analysis of Hysteretic Multi-Storey Frames under Random Excitation....Pages 307-328 System Reliability Models for Bridge Structures....Pages 329-338 Modelling of the Strain Softening in the Beta-Unzipping Method....Pages 339-354 Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Applied to the Reliability Assessment of Pipes in a PWR....Pages 355-371 Theoretic Information Approach to Identification and Signal Processing....Pages 373-383 Integrated Reliability-Based Optimal Design of Structures....Pages 385-398 On Some Graph-Theoretic Concepts and Techniques Applicable in the Reliability Analysis of Structural Systems....Pages 399-416 Reliability of Ideal Plastic Systems Based on Lower-Bound Theorem....Pages 417-432 Structural System Reliability Analysis Using Multi-Dimensional Limit State Criteria....Pages 433-457 Sensitivity Measures in Structural Reliability Analysis....Pages 459-470 Back Matter....Pages 471-473