Probability, Reliability, and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design / Edition 1

by Achintya Haldar, Sankaran Mahadevan

Overview

Text for a one-term course on Probability and Statistics intended primarily for civil engineering majors. Most often taught out of the Civil Engineering Department. Covers the key concepts and statistical techniques for assessing the reliability of structures and the risk factors in their design.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471331193
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/15/1999
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.55(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Achintya Haldar, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD, is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Basic Concept of Reliability.

Mathematics of Probability.

Modeling of Uncertainty.

Commonly Used Probability Distributions.

Determination of Distributions and Parameters from Observed Data.

Randomness in Response Variables.

Fundamentals of Reliability Analysis.

Advanced Topics on Reliability Analysis.

Simulation Techniques.

Appendices.

Conversion Factors.

References.

Index.