Purpose In order to solve the problems faced by First Order Reliability Method (FORM) and
First Order Saddlepoint Approximation (FOSA) in structural reliability optimization, this paper …

Coastal zones are among the most complex and dynamic areas on earth. Many marine and
hydrologic processes act individually or combined in these areas and can lead to extreme …

The current general consensus is that because of global climate change, coastal
infrastructures may be subject to more extreme loads in the future than in the past. There has …

The effects of climate change on coastal areas are expected to significantly influence the risk
for port operations. In the present work, a novel methodology for the quantitative assessment …

Complex products usually fail due to competing multi-performance degradation and sudden
failure modes. The correlations between competing failure modes, including among multi …

The main objective of the present work is the probabilistic representation of coastal storms'
parameters through non-parametric probability distributions that can give satisfactory …

Many studies have recognized that spatial variability of soil (SVS) has significant influences
on the reliability analysis of geotechnical engineering problems. However, the influence of …

Complex systems typically involve multiple performance characteristics (PCs), each
reflecting the failure status of the system over time. The interactions among different PCs …

Random and time-varying effects are important factors for statistical analysis of wave
characteristic variables, including the significant wave height and spectral peak frequency …

Components that are vulnerable to the external environment and harsh working conditions
easily fail during their life cycle under variable loads of offshore oil and gas equipment. The …