TECHNICAL COUNCIL ON LIFE-CYCLE PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND RISK OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
(Created on October 1, 2008; replaces the former Technical
Administrative Committee on Structural Safety and Reliability)
Chair: Dan Frangopol
Vice Chair: Bruce Ellingwood
Download the Technical Council's informational brochure.
See the recent Structure Magazine editorial by Dan Frangopol and Bruce Ellingwood.
Recent Activites of the Technical Council
Purpose:To provide a forum for reviewing, developing, and promoting the principles and methods of life-cycle performance, safety, reliability, and risk of structural systems in the analysis, design, construction, assessment, inspection, maintenance, operation, monitoring, repair, rehabilitation, and optimal management of civil infrastructure systems under uncertainty .
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Task Group 1: Life-Cycle Performance of Structural Systems Under Uncertainty
Chair: Fabio Biondini
Purpose:
To promote the study, research, and applications of scientific principles of safety and reliability in the assessment, prediction, and optimal management of life-cycle performance of structural systems under uncertainty.
Task Group 2: Reliability-Based Structural System Performance Indicators
Chair: Michel Ghosn
Purpose:
To promote the study, research, and applications of reliability-based system performance indicators including structural system reliability, robustness, and redundancy.
Task Group 3: Risk Assessment of Structural Infrastructure Facilities and Risk-Based Decision Making
Chair: Bruce Ellingwood
Purpose:
To promote the study, research and applications of scientific principles of risk assessment and risk-based decision making in structural engineering .
