The aim of this volume is to present to researchers and engineers working on problems concerned with the mechanics of solids and structures, the current state o

The aim of this volume is to present to researchers and engineers working on problems concerned with the mechanics of solids and structures, the current state o

The last decades have witnessed the development of methods for solving struc tural reliability problems, which emerged from the efforts of numerous re searchers

Uncertainty is certain to be found in structural engineering, making it crucial to structure design. This book covers three competing philosophies behind struct

Have you ever wondered where the safety factors come from? Why is it that deterministic analysis has reached a very sophisticated level, but in the end empirica