One Keynote Lectures. - 1 Optimal resource allocation for seismic reliability upgrading of existing structures and lifeline networks. - 2 Codified reliability of structures. - 3 Towards consistent-reliability structural design for earthquakes. - 4 Fuzzy logic and its contribution to reliability analysis. - Two Technical Contributions. - 5 Experience from the application of reliability fatigue crack growth analyses on real life offshore platform: parametric study and sensitivity analysis. - 6 The use of a F. E. code for multicriteria reliability based optimization of composite material structures. - 7 Approximation of non-normal responses for drag dominated offshore structures. - 8 Parameter-dependent integrals: some mathematical tools. - 9 Optimization of foundation of bridge on soft ground. - 10 Reliability of anchored monolith structures under corrosion effects. - 11 Reliability of flexible structures exposed to non-Gaussian wind pressure. - 12 A stochastic crack growth model with propagation resistance as a random field. - 13 Algorithms for reliability-based optimal design. - 14 Reliability estimation of tall RC chimneys. - 15 Discussion on response surface approximations for use in structural reliability. - 16 Site-specific and component-specific bridge load models. - 17 Functionals of stochastic processes and random fields in reliability analysis. - 18 Analysis of ignorance factors in design criteria subject to model uncertainty. - 19 An efficient FORM-based strategy for the reliability analysis of marine structures. - 20 Differentiation of probability functions arising in structural reliability. - 21 Relation between parameter sensitivities and dimensional invariance on stochastic materials design of fibrous composite laminates. - 22 Assessment of global reliability from local damage observations: application to highway bridge decks. - 23 Interactive structural optimization with quasi-Newton algorithms. - 24 Reliability of laminated structures by an energy based failure criterion. - 25 Optimization of absorbers in the highway bridges due to traffic flow. - 26 Interactive reliability-based optimal design. - 27 Reliability analysis and optimal design of monolithic vertical wall breakwaters. - 28 Assessment of performance and optimal strategies for inspection and maintenance of concrete structures using reliability based expert systems. - 29 Seismic reliability of electric power transmission systems. - 30 Reliability analysis of load path-dependent structures. - 31 Random vibrations of structures under propagating excitations. - 32 Two improved algorithms for reliability analysis. - 33 Reliability considerations of beams subjected to random moving loads. - Index of contributors. Language: English