Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Basic concepts in the structure and mechanism reliability analysis 2
1.2 Progress in the structure and mechanism reliability analysis 5
1.3 Main contents of this book 10
Chapter 2 Moment method for reliability and local reliability sensitivity analysis 11
2.1 First-order and second-moment method 11
2.1.1 First-order and second-moment method for reliability analysis 11
2.1.2 First-order and second-moment method for local reliability sensitivity analysis 14
2.1.3 Examples 17
2.2 Advanced first-order and second-moment method 18
2.2.1 Advanced first-order and second-moment method for reliability analysis 18
2.2.2 Advanced first-order and second-moment method for local reliability sensitivity analysis 24
2.2.3 Examples 27
2.3 Rackwitz-Fiessler reliability analysis algorithm for non-normal random variables 29
2.3.1 Basic theory and implementation of R-F algorithm 29
2.3.2 Specific implementation steps of R-F algorithm 32
2.3.3 Examples 33
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