Construction reliability : safety, variability and sustainability / edited by Julien Baroth, Franck Schoefs, Denys Breysse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baroth, Julien.

Schoefs, Franck.

Breysse, D.

Series:

ISTE

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings--Reliability.

Buildings.

Public works--Reliability.

Public works.

Structural failures--Prevention.

Structural failures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedback information to actualize reliability results; and how to optimize an inspection politic or a maintenance strategy. Numerous authors from public research centers and firms propose a synthesis of methods, both new and well-known, and offer numerous examples concerning dams, geotechnical study, and struc

Contents:

pt. 1. Qualitative methods for evaluating the reliability of civil engineering structures

pt. 2. Heterogeneity and variability of materials : consequences for safety and reliability

pt. 3. Metamodels for structural reliability

pt. 4. Methods for structural reliability over time

pt. 5. Reliability-based maintenance optimization.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781118601099

1118601092

9781118601129

1118601122

9781118600948

1118600940

9781299187566

1299187560

OCLC:

828423634