Non Deterministic Approaches

IALCCE08 - First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering

June 11-14, 2008, Varenna, Lake of Como, Italy

http://www.ialcce08.org/

The aim of IALCCE'08 is to bring together all the very best work that has been done in the field of life-cycle civil engineering. The state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to life-cycle assessment, design, maintenance, rehabilitation and monitoring of civil engineering systems, will be considered. In this context, papers on theories, methods, algorithms, and applications are all welcome.

Specifically, the Symposium will focus on the following topics:

LIFE-CYCLE DAMAGING PROCESSES

• Aging of Structures
• Deterioration Modeling
• Durable Materials
• Earthquake and Accidental Loadings
• Fatigue and Damage
• Fire and High Temperatures
• Marine and Severe Environments
• Structure-Environment Interaction

LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN

IALCCE08 - First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering

June 11-14, 2008, Varenna, Lake of Como, Italy

http://www.ialcce08.org/

The aim of IALCCE'08 is to bring together all the very best work that has been done in the field of life-cycle civil engineering. The state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to life-cycle assessment, design, maintenance, rehabilitation and monitoring of civil engineering systems, will be considered. In this context, papers on theories, methods, algorithms, and applications are all welcome.

Specifically, the Symposium will focus on the following topics:

LIFE-CYCLE DAMAGING PROCESSES

• Aging of Structures
• Deterioration Modeling
• Durable Materials
• Earthquake and Accidental Loadings
• Fatigue and Damage
• Fire and High Temperatures
• Marine and Severe Environments
• Structure-Environment Interaction

LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN

IALCCE08 - First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering

June 11-14, 2008, Varenna, Lake of Como, Italy

http://www.ialcce08.org/

The aim of IALCCE'08 is to bring together all the very best work that has been done in the field of life-cycle civil engineering. The state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to life-cycle assessment, design, maintenance, rehabilitation and monitoring of civil engineering systems, will be considered. In this context, papers on theories, methods, algorithms, and applications are all welcome.

Specifically, the Symposium will focus on the following topics:

LIFE-CYCLE DAMAGING PROCESSES

• Aging of Structures
• Deterioration Modeling
• Durable Materials
• Earthquake and Accidental Loadings
• Fatigue and Damage
• Fire and High Temperatures
• Marine and Severe Environments
• Structure-Environment Interaction

LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN

IALCCE08 - First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering

June 11-14, 2008, Varenna, Lake of Como, Italy

http://www.ialcce08.org/

The aim of IALCCE'08 is to bring together all the very best work that has been done in the field of life-cycle civil engineering. The state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to life-cycle assessment, design, maintenance, rehabilitation and monitoring of civil engineering systems, will be considered. In this context, papers on theories, methods, algorithms, and applications are all welcome.

Specifically, the Symposium will focus on the following topics:

LIFE-CYCLE DAMAGING PROCESSES

• Aging of Structures
• Deterioration Modeling
• Durable Materials
• Earthquake and Accidental Loadings
• Fatigue and Damage
• Fire and High Temperatures
• Marine and Severe Environments
• Structure-Environment Interaction

LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN

8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8)
and the
5th. European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008)

to be held at the Lido Island in Venice (Italy) on 30 June - 4 July 2008

The congress will take place at Venice Convention Center located in the lagoon island of Lido. Capital of art and culture, Venice offers not only a fine professional venue for an event but there is also the added bonus of enjoying the beauty of one of the world's most unique cities.

Topics of the conference:

 

James L. Beck^*, Gerhart I. Schuëller^† AND Héctor A. Jensen^#

Robustness in the prediction of structural response is an essential requirement of structural analysis for quality assurance. Errors in predictions can arise from many possible sources, such as uncertainty and variability in the structural boundary conditions, loads and material properties, and incomplete model capabilities. During design and operation, the acceptable, or desired, structural performance is usually defined in terms of specified response quantities not exceeding certain limits, such as interstory drift limits or floor acceleration limits. To assess the structural performance, it is important that robust predictions are made that treat all the uncertainties, from modelling future loads to modelling the structural behaviour. This leads naturally to the concept of robust reliability which quantifies the confidence that the analyst has that the design, when constructed, will meet the design specifications. Maximization of the robust reliability could be used, for example, to search for an optimal robust design among a feasible set of designs.

8th. World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8)
and the
5th. European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008)

to be held at the Lido Island in Venice (Italy) on 30 June - 4 July 2008

The congress will take place at Venice Convention Center located in the lagoon island of Lido. Capital of art and culture, Venice offers not only a fine professional venue for an event but there is also the added bonus of enjoying the beauty of one of the world's most unique cities.

Topics of the conference:

 

James L. Beck^*, Gerhart I. Schuëller^† AND Héctor A. Jensen^#

Robustness in the prediction of structural response is an essential requirement of structural analysis for quality assurance. Errors in predictions can arise from many possible sources, such as uncertainty and variability in the structural boundary conditions, loads and material properties, and incomplete model capabilities. During design and operation, the acceptable, or desired, structural performance is usually defined in terms of specified response quantities not exceeding certain limits, such as interstory drift limits or floor acceleration limits. To assess the structural performance, it is important that robust predictions are made that treat all the uncertainties, from modelling future loads to modelling the structural behaviour. This leads naturally to the concept of robust reliability which quantifies the confidence that the analyst has that the design, when constructed, will meet the design specifications. Maximization of the robust reliability could be used, for example, to search for an optimal robust design among a feasible set of designs.