{"product_id":"9783540168638","title":"Reliability of Randomly Excited Hysteretic Structures","description":"A. GENERAL REMARKS During the last century, probabilistic methods for design and analysis of engineering systems have assumed a prominent place as an engineering tool. No longer do engineers naively believe that all problems can be analyzed with deterministic methods; but rather, it has been recognized that, due to unc- tainties in the model and the excitation, it may only be possible to describe the state of a system in terms of some random measure. Thus, with the need to address safety and design issues adequately and simultaneously to minimize the cost of a system, much attention has been given to the development of probabilistic criteria which can be applied in a systematic manner [l]t. These techniques allow for uncertainties in the parameters of the model as well as for uncertainties in both the static and dynamic loadings to be considered and therefore give a better measure of the reliability of a system. Widespread application of probabilistic methods can be found in disciplines ranging from civil, mechanical and electrical engineering to biology, economics and political science.","brand":"B.F.Jr. Spencer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47590443254078,"sku":"9783540168638","price":3072.76,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9783540168638.jpg?v=1707721313","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9783540168638","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}