Program Overview

Structural Reliability

The Structural Reliability program is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in the field, focusing on the application of this knowledge to solve realistic problems.

Course Description

You will discover some advanced aspects of this field of study, as well as learning how to apply this knowledge by solving realistic problems. You will:

• Combine analysis, probabilistics, and statistics when presenting data
• Learn about material, load and resistance properties
• Apply different methods of reliability analysis, including Monte-Carlo and FORM
• Analyse realistic structural reliability problems using structural mechanical principles

Course Outline

The course outline includes:

• Review of probability theory
• Statistical properties of structural materials, members and loads
• Structural reliability assessment for components and systems
• Integration and simulation methods
• Second-moment and transformation methods
• Codes and structural reliability
• Software application

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students will have:

• An understanding of the concept of structural reliability & its definitions in the context of structural engineering.
• Qualification & quantification of structural reliability-statistical measurements of material and structure uncertainty, risk assessment & acceptability.
• Computation of structural reliability using alternative methods as a function of the nature of the mathematical model associated with the problem.
• An appreciation of calibration and assessment methodologies applied to new & existing structures.
• Familiarisation with a software application.