CE 622: Reliability Based Civil Engineering Design Instructor Siddhartha Ghosh Room # 128, Civil Engineering Building Phone: 7309, Email: sghosh(at)civil

The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the reliability-based methods of structural analysis. This course covers the folowing major areas:

• Review of the fundamental theories of probability and statistics
• Safety analysis methods
• Development of design codes
• Probability-based models of loads and resistance
• Application of reliability analysis to structural members and structural systems

• Nowak, A.S. & Collins K.R., Reliability of Structures, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000.

• Ang, A.H.-S. & Tang, W.H., Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning and Design: Volume 1 - Basic Principles, Wiley, New York, 1975.
• Benjamin, J.R. & Cornel, C.A., Probability, Statistics and Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970.
• Ellingwood, B. et al., Development of a Probability Based Load Criterion for American National Standard A58, US Department of Commerce, Special Publication NBS-577, 1980.
• Ranganathan, R., Reliability Analysis and Design of Structures, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1990.

Mon &mdash 02:00 - 03:25
Thu &mdash 02:00 - 03:25

Soham Ghosh &mdash soham_ghosh @ iitb
Rohit Narang &mdash rohit_narang @ iitb

• Start using Gnumeric Spreadsheet
• Tips for OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheet
• Statistics and Probability on Wolfram's Mathworld
• A Million Random Digits from Rand Corp.
• Engineering Statistics Handbook from NIST (USA)
• Statistical Engineering
• Framework for Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD)