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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 63
COMPUTING DEVELOPMENTS IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B. Kumar and B.H.V. Topping
Paper III.3

Robust Reliability of Dynamically Loaded Beam on an Uncertain Foundation

Y. Ben-Haim*, L. Fryba+ and N. Yoshikawav

*Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
+Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, vInstitute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
Y. Ben-Haim, L. Fryba, N. Yoshikawav, "Robust Reliability of Dynamically Loaded Beam on an Uncertain Foundation", in B. Kumar, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Computing Developments in Civil and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 71-75, 1999. doi:10.4203/ccp.63.3.3
Abstract
Robust reliability is a new non-probabilistic theory of reliability of mechanical systems. It is based on information-gap models of uncertainty which express the gap between what is known and what needs to be known. The theory is applied to the analysis of an infinitely long beam which rests on a foundation with uncertain properties. The beam is subjected to a moving constant force. A numerical example shows the application of the idea to the theoretical model of the rail.

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