Safety, Reliability and Risk of Structures, Infrastructures and Engineering Systems Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR, 13-17 September 2009, Osaka, Japan

Set of book of abstracts and searchable full paper CD-ROM dealing with every aspect of safety and reliability of structures and civil engineering systems. A special focus has been on advanced technologies, analytical and computational methods of risk analysis, probability-based design and regulations, smart systems and materials, life cycle cost analysis, damage assessment, social aspects, urban planning, and commercial applications. Moreover, emerging concepts and novel applications of reliability principles in all types of structural systems and mechanical components are included. Technologies discussed can be applied in civil, marine, mechanical, transportation and aerospace systems. Containing unique knowledge, ideas and insights, this set of book of abstracts and searchable, full paper CD-ROM is must-have literature for researchers and practitioners involved with structural engineering safety.

Containing the papers of the 10th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR2009, Osaka, Japan),this workcovers safety and reliability of structures and systems in civil, marine, mechanical, transportation, and aerospace systems. A special focusis placed onadvanced technologies, analytical and computational risk analysis, probability-based design and regulations, smart systems and materials, life cycle cost analysis, damage assessment, social aspects, and commercial applications. Emerging concepts and novel applications of reliability principles in all types of structural systems and mechanical components are included. In addition to the text, all of the papers are included on afully searchable CD-ROM.

PLENARY LECTURES Freudenthal Lecture: On risk and reliability – contributions to engineering and future challenges Special Lecture: Increasingly catastrophic disasters due to global warming Keynote Lectures TECHNICAL SESSIONS Modeling of Rare/Imprecise Data Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Monte Carlo Simulations Applied to Civil Engineering Structural Reliability and Optimization Current Status and Future Applications of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Probabilistic Design of Wind Turbines Construction Risk and Safety Management Damage Analysis and Assessment Risk Analysis in Decision Making Bridges and Buildings Uncertainty Modeling of Rare/Imprecise Data Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Monte Carlo Simulations Applied to Civil Engineering Structural Reliability and Optimization Current Status and Future Applications of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Materials & Probabilistic Materials Analysis Deterioration Modeling Novel Approaches for Reliability Analysis and Statistical Structural Health Monitoring Bridges and Buildings Uncertainty Modeling of Rare/Imprecise Data Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Monte Carlo Simulations Applied to Civil Engineering Structural Reliability and Optimization Seismic Risk Assessment and Information Probabilistic Materials Analysis Monitoring and Maintenance Systems & Structural Health Monitoring Bridges and Buildings Uncertainty Modeling of Rare/Imprecise Data Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Developing Performance-Based Concrete Design Code Structural Reliability and Optimization Seismic Risk Assessment and Information Vulnerability and Robustness of Structures DT Reliability and Its Use for Maintenance Applications Mechanics of Random Media Safety Assessment of Offshore and Marine Structures Fatigue Reliability Monte Carlo Simulations Applied to Civil Engineering Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Monitoring Performance under Uncertainty Structural Safety and Reliability by Means of Structural Health Monitoring Hoshiya Memorial Vulnerability and Robustness of Structures NDT Reliability and Its Use for Maintenance Applications Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Structures Geotechnical Engineering Offshore and Marine Structures General Session (Reliability-Based Design and Regulations & Reliability-Based Optimization and Control & Reliability Theory) Uncertainties in Civil Structures & Infrastructure Engineering Smart Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Assessments Monitoring Performance under Uncertainty Structural Safety and Reliability by Means of Structural Health Monitoring Hoshiya Memorial Design Concepts Inspection and Analysis of Concrete Bridges in Coastal Environments Reliability-Based Design and Regulations & Reliability-Based Optimization and Control & Reliability Theory Uncertainties in Civil Structures & Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Assessment and Risk-Based Life-Cycle Analysis and Design System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring Risk Assessment of Lifeline Networks and Decision Support Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology Time-Dependent Reliability Methods and Their Applications Performance-Based Design for Steel Structures Random Vibration Safety Prediction and Evaluation of Wind-Induced Phenomena Machine Learning in Structural Reliability and Probabilistic Mechanics Uncertainties in Civil Structures & Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Assessment and Risk-Based Life-Cycle Analysis and Design System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring Risk Assessment of Lifeline Networks and Decision Support Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology Time-Dependent Reliability Methods and Their Applications Challenging Technology for Condition Screening of Bridge Structures Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics of Structures with Uncertain Mechanical and Geometric Properties Stochastic Computational Mechanics & Stochastic Finite Elements System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring Risk Assessment of Lifeline Networks and Decision Support Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology Time-Dependent Reliability Methods and Their Applications Challenging Technology for Condition Screening of Bridge Structures Health Monitoring, Structural Monitoring & Control Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics of Structures with Uncertain Mechanical and Geometric Properties Stochastic Computational Mechanics & Stochastic Finite Elements & Stochastic Processes and Fields Insurance and Management of Risk & Economic Analysis &Probabilistic Risk Analysis & Simulation Health Monitoring, Structural Monitoring & Control Modelling Seismic Action New Methods for Non-Gaussian and Pulse Problems in Stochastic Dynamics Life-Cycle Reliability and Optimization of Deteriorating Structures Computational Methods in Stochastic Mechanics Risk Evaluation on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Problems Earthquake Engineering Structural Systems & System Reliability Health Monitoring, Structural Monitoring & Control Modelling Seismic Action New Methods for Non-Gaussian and Pulse Problems in Stochastic Life-Cycle Reliability and Optimization of Deteriorating Structures Computational Methods in Stochastic Mechanics Risk Evaluation on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Problems Earthquake Engineering Structural Systems & System Reliability & Lifeline Risk Assessment Author Index