CE 653: Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis Instructor Siddhartha Ghosh Room # 128, Civil Engineering Building Phone: 7309, Email: sghosh(at)civil or Structural Safety, Risk and Reliability Lab 5th Floor, VMCC Phone: 4329

The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the reliability-based methods of structural analysis. This course is divided into the following major segments:

• Review of Probability Basics
• Structural Reliability Analysis 1
• Probabilistic Simulations
• Structural Reliability Analysis 2
• Reliability-Based Design Codes
• Risk Assessment

• Nowak, A.S. & Collins K.R., Reliability of Structures, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2012.

• Melchers RE, Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1999.
• Ranganathan R, Structural Reliability: Analysis and Design, Jaico Publishing, 2006.
• Ang AH-S & Tang WH, Probability Concepts in Engineering: Emphasis on Applications to Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2nd ed., Wiley, 2007.

Mon -- 15:30 - 16:55
Thu -- 15:30 - 16:55
Room 208, 2nd Floor, CE Building