Abstract
The engineering profession has accepted the risk-based design in the form of Load and Resistance Factors design (LRFD) concept. However, a large number of practicing engineers do not use it in everyday design. Lack of education may be a reason for this avoidance. Another major complaint is that the current LRFD-based codified approach cannot estimate the reliability of real structures. Simulation could be an attractive alternative considering the recent significant improvement in computational power. However, the question remains whether the simulation-based design concept is mature enough to be considered as an alternative to the currently available codified approach. An international community of scholars, scientists, practicing engineers, and students met in a colloquium in the summer of 2002 in Prague, Czech Republic, to evaluate the role of simulation in engineering design. Their comments, observations, and recommendations are summarized here to help generate more interest on the subject.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 4th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, ISUMA 2003 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 222-227 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 0769519970, 9780769519975 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
Event | 4th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, ISUMA 2003 - College Park, United States Duration: Sep 21 2003 → Sep 24 2003 |
Other
Other | 4th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, ISUMA 2003 |
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Country | United States |
City | College Park |
Period | 9/21/03 → 9/24/03 |
Keywords
- Civil engineering
- Computational modeling
- Design engineering
- Engineering profession
- Guidelines
- Power engineering and energy
- Power engineering computing
- Process design
- Reliability engineering
- Uncertainty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Control and Optimization
- Modeling and Simulation