Structural reliability

<p>Structural reliability is about applying <a href="/facts/Reliability_engineering/cd6AS5w3">reliability engineering</a> theories to <a href="/facts/Building/edSjKXje">buildings</a> and, more generally, structural analysis. Reliability is also used as a probabilistic measure of structural safety. The reliability of a structure is defined as the probability of <a href="/facts/Complementary_event/tyExRkD1">complement</a> of failure 
  
    
      
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          Reliability
        
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          Probability of Failure
        
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    {\displaystyle ({\text{Reliability}}=1-{\text{Probability of Failure}})}
  
. The failure occurs when the total applied load is larger than the total resistance of the structure. Structural reliability has become known as a design philosophy in the twenty-first century, and it might replace traditional deterministic ways of <a href="/facts/Structural_design/Wj1vpoGh">design</a> and maintenance.
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Structural reliability