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Reliability and robustness evaluation of timber structures

In the last few decades there have been intensely research concerning reliability of timber structures. This is primarily because there is an increased focus in society on sustainability and environmental aspects. Modern timber as a building material is also being competitive compared to concrete and steel. However, reliability models applied to timber were always related to individual components but not the systems. As any real structure is a complex system, system behaviour must be of a particular interest. In the chapter 1 of this document an overview of stochastic models for strength and load parameters is given. System models (series and parallel) are discussed and methods for reliability calculation are given. Special attention is drawn upon brittle/ductile modelling of timber and connections. In chapter 2 robustness requirements implemented in codes are presented. State of the art definitions (deterministic, probabilistic and risk based approaches) of the robustness are given. Chapter 3 deals more detailed with the robustness of timber structures.

reliability; robustness; timber structures

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