JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• 1. To acquire basic knowledge of Statistics and Probability Theory
• 2. To understand resistance distribution and parameters
• 3. To develop the ability to do computation of structural reliability
• 4. To understand reliability design criteria

COURSE OUTCOMES

After completion of the course, students should be able to

• 1. Understand Basics of Statistics and explain Probability Theory
• 2. Characterize the dimensional variations of materials
• 3. Explain and apply Monte Carlo method
• 4. Develop reliability-based designs

UNIT - I

Concepts of Structural Safety: General - Design methods- Basic Statistics: Introduction -Data reduction – Histograms - Sample correlation - Probability Theory: Introduction, Random events - Random variables - Functions of random variables - Moments and expectation - common probability distribution - Extremal distribution.

UNIT - II

Resistance Distributions and Parameters: Introduction - Statistics of properties of concrete, steel, strength of bricks and mortar - dimensional variations - characterization of variables - Allowable stresses based on specified reliability.

UNIT - III

Basic Structural Reliability: Introduction - Computation of Structural reliability- Monte Carlo Study of Structural Safety: General- Monte Carlo method - Applications.

UNIT - IV

Reliability Methods: Introduction - Basic variables and failure surface - First-order second-moment methods (FOSM)

UNIT - V

Reliability Based Design: Introduction - Determination of partial safety factors - Safety checking formats - Development of reliability-based design criteria - Optimal safety factors -Summary of results of study for Indian standard – RCC Design.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. R. Ranganathan, Structural Reliability Analysis and Design, Jaico Publishing House, 2006.
• 2. R.E. Melchers, Structural Reliability – Analysis & Prediction, 2/e, Wiley – Blackwell, 1999.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Maurice Lemaire, Structural Reliability,Wiley (2009).
• 2. Dan M. Frangopol, Mitsuo Kawatani & Chul-Woo Kim, Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Taylor & Francis (2006) M. Tech in COMPUTER AIDED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING I YEAR I – SEMESTER