Simulation in Time-Invariant and Time-Variant Reliability Problems

As a class of techniques useful in the solution of structural reliability problem formulations, simulation methods have attracted considerable interest as viable alternatives to numerical integration or First Order Second Moment or First Order Reliability (FOSM/FOR) methods. Further, the various methods which have been proposed owe a considerable debt to the better understanding of the mathematical nature of structural reliability problems engendered by FOSM and FOR methods. This theme is explored herein, as part of an overview of simulation methods for so-called “time-invariant” and “time-variant” structural reliability problems.

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