Download or read book Probabilistic Mechanics Structural Reliability written by Dan M. Frangopol and published by American Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains three keynote papers and some 230 contributed four-page papers from the August 1996 conference, examining all aspects of probabalistic mechanics and structural reliability regarding assessment and design of structural, mechanical, marine, aerospace, geotechnical, and environmental systems. Emphasis is on concepts and methods of probability in the design of engineering systems, with particular focus on progress in stochastic mechanics in earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, and finite element methods. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR