Study on Random Analysis Method and its Application to Structures

Abstract:

The evaluation of the reliability of structural systems is of extreme importance in structural design, mainly when the variables are random. A method is presented to efficiently assess the random response of stochastic structures. The article uses two-level sampling method to partial fiber element. First, the homogeneous random field of concrete and rebar can be created by modified Latin-hypercube sampling. Then section discretization method is adopted to assign fiber random variables of concrete section fiber. The algorithm is then used to analyze the random response of a concrete beam, and the result proves that the method is efficient.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 183-185)
• Pages: 734-738
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.183-185.734
• Online since: January 2011
• Authors: Lin Cong Zhou, Yi Feng Zheng, Jian Hui Qiu
• Keywords: Partial Fiber Element, Random Analysis, Sampling Method

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