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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Matrix-based System Reliability"”.
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Optimization of retrofit decisions as risk mitigation strategies for infrastructure
… the complexity and the size of infrastructure systems, and the uncertainties of the hazards. Considering these three aspects, this study formulates a general stochastic optimization problem to find the optimal retrofit for infrastructure. The optimization problem is formulated to examine two …
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System Reliability-Based Design and Multiresolution Topology Optimization
… techniques to large-scale structural systems with uncertainties. The specific goals of this dissertation are: (1) to develop an efficient scheme for topology optimization; (2) to introduce an efficient and accurate system reliability-based design optimization (SRBDO) procedure; and (3) …
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Development and application of new system reliability analysis methods for complex infrastructure systems
… Despite significant advances in theories on reliability analysis of individual components and their adoption in practice, the critical knowledge and quantitative methods for reliability assessments of complex system events remain elusive, leading to unknown accuracies in the risk assessment. …