Construction reliability :  safety, variability and sustainability / 
edited by Julien Baroth, Franck Schoefs, Denys Breysse. 
 - London :  Hoboken, N.J. :  ISTE ;  John Wiley,  2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xxxiii, 329 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Qualitative methods for evaluating the reliability of civil engineering structures -- pt. 2. Heterogeneity and variability of materials : consequences for safety and reliability -- pt. 3. Metamodels for structural reliability -- pt. 4. Methods for structural reliability over time -- pt. 5. Reliability-based maintenance optimization. 
<br/><br/> 'This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedback information to actualize reliability results; and how to optimize an inspection politic or a maintenance strategy. Numerous authors from public research centers and firms propose a synthesis of methods, both new and well-known, and offer numerous examples concerning dams, geotechnical study, and structures from nuclear and civil engineering.'-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118601099 1118601092 9781118600948 1118600940 9781118601129 1118601122 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>10.1002/9781118601099  Wiley InterScience  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 9096F9F4-94A1-4800-B790-0A2936E5DD22  OverDrive, Inc.  http://www.overdrive.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buildings--Reliability.<br/>Public works--Reliability.<br/>Structural failures--Prevention.<br/>TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Civil--General.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA656  / .C68 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624