Whilst conventional approach in structural design is based on reliability-calibrated factored design formula, performance-based design customizes a solution to the specific circumstance. In this work, an artificial neural network approach is employed to determine implicit limit state functions for reliability evaluations in performance-based design and to optimally evaluate a set of design vari...

in this paper a double-shaft turbofan engine is considered to be in the design phase. therefore its environmental condition and critical source of failures has been studied and the subsystems and components has been identified. since it is in design phase, the project encounters to the lack of specified failure data. to overcome this problem, the generic data or expert judgments on the basis of...

Corrosion of reinforcement is a major problem affecting a large number of reinforced concrete structures. At present, most reliability-based design studies of reinforced concrete structures do not consider the effects of corrosion. In this paper, we present a reliability-based approach to the design of reinforced concrete bridge girders that are under corrosion attack. Both reserve and residual...