Structural system reliability: Overview of theories and applications to optimization

J Song, WH Kang, YJ Lee, J Chun - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This paper provides an overview of theories and applications of structural system reliability
(SSR). The paper defines SSR problems and discusses the growing needs for SSR analysis …

A general failure-pursuing sampling framework for surrogate-based reliability analysis

C Jiang, H Qiu, Z Yang, L Chen, L Gao, P Li - Reliability Engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Design of experiment and active learning strategy are vital for the surrogate-based
reliability analysis. However, the existing sampling and modeling methods usually ignore …

System reliability analyses of static and dynamic structures via direct probability integral method

G Chen, D Yang, Y Liu, H Guo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural system reliability analysis is of important significance for evaluating the safety of
structures with many components. Since a structural system can be acted by static or …

Time-variant system reliability analysis method for a small failure probability problem

HM Qian, YF Li, HZ Huang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a time-variant system reliability analysis method by combining multiple
response Gaussian process (MRGP) and subset simulation (SS) to solve the small failure …

Time-variant reliability analysis using the parallel subset simulation

W Du, Y Luo, Y Wang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Time-variant reliability problems commonly occur in practical engineering applications due
to deterioration in material properties, dynamic load and other causes. Since this kind of …

Parallel efficient global optimization method: a novel approach for time-dependent reliability analysis and applications

J Wu, Z Jiang, H Song, L Wan, F Huang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
Time-dependent failure may result from material properties deterioration, random load, and
other uncertain factors, which are widespread among practical engineering applications …

An error-based stopping criterion for spherical decomposition-based adaptive Kriging model and rare event estimation

Y Zhang, Y Dong, DM Frangopol - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Surrogate model-based reliability analysis methods, especially the adaptive Kriging model,
have received increasing attention due to their high accuracy and efficiency for reliability …

Time-variant reliability prediction for dynamic systems using partial information

Z Wang, J Liu, S Yu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Efficient time-variant reliability prediction for dynamic systems is a challenging problem to
reduce the risk because large amounts of information is needed for the prediction. In this …

Markov and semi-Markov models in system reliability

A Farahani, A Shoja, H Tohidi - Engineering Reliability and Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the most critical factors in using systems is their reliability. The reliability study aims to
help understand the probable nature of equipment failure during use and establish reliability …

Sensitivity analysis in seismic reliability of an urban self-anchored suspension bridge

Z Xia, ST Quek, A Li, J Li, M Duan, G Zhou… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seismic resistance and disaster prevention for self-anchored suspension bridge (SASB) are
important, but the seismic reliability of this complex structure is time-consuming or low …