Statistical Investigation of Bearing Capacity of Pile Foundation Based on Bayesian Reliability Theory by Zuolong Luo, Fenghui Dong

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A Novel Evaluation Method for Building Construction Project Based on Integrated Information Entropy with Reliability Theory by Xiao-ping Bai, Xi-wei Zhang

“…Aiming at this problem, this paper selects cost, progress, quality, and safety as the four first-order evaluation indexes, uses the quantitative method for the cost index, uses integrated qualitative and quantitative methodologies for progress, quality, and safety indexes, and integrates engineering economics, reliability theories, and information entropy theory to present a new evaluation method for building construction project. …”
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Experimental Study on Quick‐Locking Reinforcement Model for Local Defects in Pipelines in the Rich Water Area by Zhicheng Luo, Xuefeng Yan

“…A novel design model based on structural reliability theory was developed and validated against experimental results. …”
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Study on disaster-causing probability evaluation of gas pipeline in karst area. by Qiaochu Li, Peng Zhang

“…Based on the structural reliability theory, the vulnerability evaluation function of gas pipelines in karst areas is established by considering the interaction between disaster hazard intensity and disaster resistance ability. …”
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Reliability Calibration of Tower Members in Transmission Line System Crossing High-Speed Railway by Yunfen Feng, Shufei Gao, Zeyu Feng

“…The design is generally based on the structural reliability theory, in which the determination of target reliability level is the key. …”
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A Probabilistic Damage Identification Approach for Structures under Unknown Excitation and with Measurement Uncertainties by Ying Lei, Ying Su, Wenai Shen

“…The probability of identified structural damage is further derived based on the reliability theory. The unknown external excitations to the structure are also identified by statistical evaluation. …”
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Seismic Fragility Analysis of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Considering Damping Effect by Xiangong Zhou, Lei Cao, Heng Han, Xiaobo Zheng, Hanhao Zhang, Zhiqing Zhang

“…The fragility curves of the bridge system were established by first-order reliability theory. In this study, the damage probability of bridge components under a seismic wave is studied. …”
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Component Importance Measure Computation Method Based Fuzzy Integral with Its Application by Shuai Lin, Yanhui Wang, Limin Jia, Yang Li

“…In view of the negative impact of component importance measures based on system reliability theory and centrality measures based on complex networks theory, there is an attempt to provide improved centrality measures (ICMs) construction method with fuzzy integral for measuring the importance of components in electromechanical systems in this paper. …”
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Safety Standard for Special Class Damslopes Based on Reliability Analysis by Lingzhi Huang, Zheng Si, Xiaoqi Du, Lifeng Wen, Bin Li

“…The concept of reliability theory-based relative ratio of the safety margin is utilized to establish the relationship between annual failure probability and safety factor, thereby obtaining the reasonable safety factors for different slopes. …”
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A Probabilistic Assessment Model for Train-Bridge Systems: Special Attention on Track Irregularities by Dejun Liu, Lifeng Xin, Xiaozhen Li, Jiaxin Zhang

“…Since the main contributive factors concerning different dynamic indices are rather different, different failure modes possess no obvious or only weak correlations from the probabilistic perspective, and the first-order reliability theory is suitable in achieving the system reliability.…”
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Reliability-Based Analysis of Sight Distance Modelling for Traffic Safety by César de Santos-Berbel, Mohamed Essa, Tarek Sayed, María Castro

“…Also, the different conditions of the existing roadside features or geometric elements, under which the 3D ASD estimation is important, were identified. Next, reliability theory is utilized to evaluate the risk level (probability of noncompliance, Pnc) associated with limited sight distance for each ASD modelling method. …”
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Integral Method for Determining the Stress State of an Anisotropic Reinforced Concrete Shell by Eugene M. Zveryaev

“…The most important result of the study is the method of constructing integrals of the ground stress state of the shell based on the method of simple iterations, which expands the possibilities of the reliability theory, which makes it possible to build the foundations for the practical calculation of reinforced concrete shells according to the membrane theory and the theory of infinitesimal bending.…”
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Numerical Statistic Approach for Peak Factor of Non-Gaussian Wind Pressure on Building Claddings by Tao Ye, Ledong Zhu, Zhongxu Tan

“…The value of the peak factor and its error rate calculated by several methods is compared with the observed average peak value, and the conversion between the guaranteed rate and the peak factor is discussed. Based on the reliability theory, the true distribution of wind pressure time history was approached infinitely through an efficient numerical method in the process of stepwise search. …”
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Evaluation of Failure Probability in Series System of Three-Axle Trucks under Strong Crosswind by Yahui Hu, Yingshi Guo, Rui Fu, Qingjin Xu

“…The probability of wind-induced failure accidents in three-axle trucks under pulsating strong crosswinds and the corresponding critical safe speed are investigated in this study. Reliability theory and random fuzzy methods are utilized to establish the membership function of the failure probability in the series system (FPSS) composed of rollover, side-slip, and rotation failure accidents. …”
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Dynamic Reliability Design of Multicomponent Structure with Improved Weighted Regression Distributed Collaborative Surrogate Model Method by Xiao-Wei Dong, Wei-Kai Li, Chun-Yan Zhu, Chang-Hai Chen, Cheng Lu, Shu-Juan Yi

“…The efforts of this study provide a promising dynamic probabilistic analysis technique for complex structures with multiple components and enrich mechanical reliability theory.…”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Kruopis related to the application of statistical methods in reliability theory and survival analysis.  Although J. Kruopis always considered himself primarily a statistician, he also achieved important results in probability theory. …”
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