Civil Structures and Infrastructure Systems: From Reliability to Resilience
- 1st Edition - August 5, 2025
- Latest edition
- Author: Cao Wang
- Language: English
Civil Structures and Infrastructure Systems: From Reliability to Resilience examines the reliability and resilience of individual structures, outlining their simila… Read more
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Description
Description
Key features
Key features
- Systematically introduces the concept, mathematical formulation, application and comparison of reliability and resilience for civil structures and infrastructure systems
- Provides clear analysis of the inherent relationship between reliability and resilience
- Explores next-generation resilience-based design methods
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Measuring reliability and resilience associated with a single disruptive event
3. Time-dependent reliability and resilience considering a discrete load process
4. Time-dependent reliability and resilience considering a continuous load process
5. Aging effects on reliability and resilience
6. From generalized capacity to resilience capacity
7. Time-dependent reliability and resilience in the presence of multiple hazards
8. Time-dependent reliability and resilience of aging series systems
9. Time-dependent reliability and resilience of aging k-out-of-n systems
10. Time-dependent reliability and resilience of aging general systems
11. Non-probabilistic reliability and resilience APPENDIX. Background information on probability models
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 18, 2025
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Cao Wang
Cao Wang is a Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Dr. Wang obtained his PhD degree from The University of Sydney, Australia, in 2019. His research interests include the risk, reliability, and resilience of civil structures and infrastructure systems. Dr. Wang is an Associate Editor of three international journals, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering; Part B: Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Reports, and an Editorial Board member of several other journals. Dr. Wang is the author of a Springer book titled Structural Reliability and Time-Dependent Reliability, which addresses the mathematical formulation of analytical tools for structural reliability assessment. He is a member of the Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Sciences (C(PS)2), Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2021–2025).