Probability, Reliability, and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design

Achintya Haldar, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson.Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD, is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

• Basic Concept of Reliability. Mathematics of Probability. Modeling of Uncertainty. Commonly Used Probability Distributions. Determination of Distributions and Parameters from Observed Data. Randomness in Response Variables. Fundamentals of Reliability Analysis. Advanced Topics on Reliability Analysis. Simulation Techniques. Appendices. Conversion Factors. References. Index.