In deterministic optimization, the uncertainties of the structural system (i.e. dimension, model, material, loads, etc) are not explicitly taken into account. Hence, resulting optimal solutions may lead to reduced reliability ...

This paper addresses the reliability-based calibration of partial safety factors for Brazilian design codes NBR8681:2003 (Actions and Safety of Structures) and NBR8800:2008 (Design of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite ...

Studies of structural reliability are very common in the analysis of a civil structure. When it comes to structures and mechanical designs the same concepts are not used as often to define the safety of equipment and ...

Many structural elements are exposed to load conditions that are difficult to model during the design phase, such as environmental uncertainties, random impacts, and overloading, amongst others, thus increasing unprogrammed ...