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The reliability concept as an aid to decision making in offshore engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. J. Baker
M. J. Baker*
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
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Extract

Uncertainties exist at practically all stages of the design and construction process because of incomplete knowledge. Extreme environmental forces on offshore structures are uncertain because of the stochastic nature of the underlying physical phenomena. The actual strength and fatigue characteristics of structures can be predicted only approximately at the design stage and these predictions can be refined only partially by compliance tests during and after fabrication, and then only at high cost.

Type
The use of reliability techniques to improve structural efficiency
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 92 , Issue 911 , January 1988 , pp. 8
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1988 

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References

1. Baker, M. J. The Reliability Concept as an aid to decision making in offshore engineering. In: ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures.’Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structures (BOSS ’85), 1985.Google Scholar