Probabilistic Structural Mechanics in System and Plant Risk Assessment

Structures in industrial facilities such as power, chemical, and manufacturing plants as well as in cornplex engineered products such as aircraft, ships, and space vehicles interface and interact with other mechanical, electrical, and electronic components that, together with the structures, form the engineering systems.1 Structural failures could affect the system performance as well as the performance of the nonstructural components that interface with the structures. Similarly, nonstructural component failures could create excessive loads on the structures and thus adversely affect their performance Thus structural and nonstructural components affect each other’s performance as well as the system performance. A comprehensive system reliability and risk assessment2 should therefore consider structural reliabilities as part of the evaluation.

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