A multi-configuration approach to reliability based structural integrity assessment for ultimate strength

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dc.contributor.advisorBrennan, Feargal
dc.contributor.authorKolios, Athanasios
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-25T15:44:02Z
dc.date.available2011-07-25T15:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.description.abstractStructural Reliability treats uncertainties in structural design systematically, evaluating the levels of safety and serviceability of structures. During the past decades, it has been established as a valuable design tool for the description of the performance of structures, and lately stands as a basis in the background of the most of the modern design standards, aiming to achieve a uniform behaviour within a class of structures. Several methods have been proposed for the estimation of structural reliability, both deterministic (FORM and SORM) and stochastic (Monte Carlo Simulation etc) in nature. Offshore structures should resist complicated and, in most cases, combined environmental phenomena of greatly uncertain magnitude (eg. wind, wave, current, operational loads etc). Failure mechanisms of structural systems and components are expressed through limit state functions, which distinguish a failure and a safe region of operation. For a jacket offshore structure, which comprises of multiple tubular members interconnected in a three dimensional truss configuration, the limit state function should link the actual load or load combination acting on it locally, to the response of each structural member. Cont/d.en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5717
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield Universityen_UK
dc.rights© Cranfield University 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner.en_UK
dc.subjectOffshore Structuresen_UK
dc.subjectReliability Assessmenten_UK
dc.subjectStochastic Response Surface Methoden_UK
dc.subjectStructural Integrityen_UK
dc.subjectDesign Standardsen_UK
dc.subjectAPI RP-2Aen_UK
dc.subjectISO 19902en_UK
dc.subjectEN 1993en_UK
dc.subjectAISC/ANSIen_UK
dc.titleA multi-configuration approach to reliability based structural integrity assessment for ultimate strengthen_UK
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_UK
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_UK
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_UK

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