Structural Reliability (a.a. 2019/20)

Programma

Learning objectives:
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to concepts and applications of structural reliability. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1) Compute first- and second-order estimates of failure probabilities of engineered systems;
2) Update reliability estimates based on new observational data;
3) Identify the relative advantages and disadvantages of various analytical reliability methods, as well as Monte Carlo simulation;
4) Use reliability tools to calibrate simplified building codes;
5) Perform reliability calculations related to performance-based engineering for earthquake and wind loads.
6) Build surrogate models of complex engineering systems.

Course topics:

• Review of random variables and probability distributions;
• General component reliability;
• First-order second-moment (FOSM) methods;
• First-order reliability method (FORM);
• Simulation methods;
• Code calibration and acceptable risk/reliability;
• System reliability;
• Seismic reliability of structures;
• Advanced simulation methods;
• Surrogate modelling.
• Wind reliability of structures

Svolgimento

Date	Lecture hours	Classroom	Tutorial  hours	Classroom	Subject	Tot h
02.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, Sala del Camino	14.00 – 17.00	IUSS, 1-17	Review of random variables and probability distributions.	7/40
04.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, 1-17	14.00 – 17.00	IUSS, Library	General component reliability; First-order second-moment (FOSM) methods; First-order reliability method (FORM).	15/40
06.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, 1-17	14.00 – 17.00	IUSS, 1-17	Simulation methods; System reliability; Code calibration and acceptable risk/reliability.	21/40
09.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, Sala del Camino	14.00 – 17.00	IUSS, 1-15	Seismic reliability of structures; Seismic reliability of structures.	28/40
10.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, Sala del Camino			Advanced simulation methods.	32/40
11.03.2020	14.00 – 18.00	IUSS, 1-17			Surrogate modelling.	36/40
16.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, 1-15			Wind reliability of structures.	40/40
18.03.2020	09.00 – 13.00	IUSS, 1-17			FINAL EXAM

Carmine Galasso

Professore Associato di Tecnica delle Costruzioni