Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems: Proceedings of the IFIP WG7.5 Fifth Working Conference, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan, 24-26 March 1993 5th

Part 1 Lectures: supply reliability of electric power systems, Y. Minato; load model for highway bridges, A.S. Nowak; reliability-based inspection planning for structural systems, J.D. Sorensen. Part 2 Short presentations: series system second order bounds on vector process outcrossing rates, O. Ditlevsen; optimal Bayesian designs for fatigue tests, S. Engelund et al; influence of cumulative damage on the seismic reliability of multi-storey frames, L. Esteva and O. Diaz; sensitivity information in reliability-based optimization of plate girders for highway bridges, D.M. Frangopol et al; variance reduction technique for systems of linear failure functions, G. Fu; knowledge refinement for damage assessment expert system based on neural network, H. Furuta et al; reliability analysis of geometrically nonlinear structure by rigid-plastic model, J.M. Johannesen and O. Ditlevsen; extended fuzzy-system identification for cable adjustment work in daytime, M. Kaneyoshi et al; structural optimization by neuro-optimizer, M. Kishi et al; reliability of dynamically excited linear structures with random properties, H.U. Koyluoglu and S.R.K. Nielsen; optimization of RC structures - theory and applications, M.B. Krakovski; improvement of Russian codes for RC structures design on the basis of reliability theory, M.B. Krakovski; load model for bridge system reliability, J.A. Laman and A.S. Nowak; estimation of the failure probability of building based on observed earthquake records, M. Matsubara et al; basic study on the development of efficient integration procedure and its application to first-passage problem, S. Matsuho and W. Shiraki; studies on assessment of structural reliability by response surface method and neural network, Y. Murotsu et al; dynamic reliability assessment of a nuclear reactor building, N. Nakamura et al; uncertainties of safety index on structural safety, S. Nakanishi and H. Nakayasu; probabilistic validation of EC 2 partial safety factors using full distribution reliability methods, A. Neuenhofer and K. Zilch; fundamental study on application of AI techniques to reliability-based design, Y. Okada and S. Ogawa; a study on the second-order approximation method for engineering optimization, G.-J. Park et al; simultaneous loading effect of plural vehicles on fatigue damage of highway bridges, M. Sakano et al; reliability analysis of stochastic structural systems using theory of random renewal pulse processes, W. Shiraki et al; reliability of structure being fatigue-degraded due to stochastic excitation, P. Sniady et al.