Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis

Beyond the Horizon

Book (2014)

Contributors

RDJM Steenbergen Applied Mechanics - CEG (editor)
P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder Safety and Security Science - TPM (editor)
S Miraglia (editor)
A.C.W.M. Vrouwenvelder Dynamics of Structures - CEG (editor)
Research Group
Applied Mechanics (CEG) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2014

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Materials- Mechanics- Management & Design

Research Group

Applied Mechanics

Abstract

During the last decade there have been increasing societal concerns over sustainable developments focusing on the conservation of the environment, the welfare and safety of the individual and at the same time the optimal allocation of available natural and financial resources. As a consequence the methods of risk and reliability analysis are becoming increasingly important as decision support tools in various fields of engineering. In this book, the risk and reliability research community looks beyond the horizon. The technology we deploy to fix today’s problems is based on research that started more than two decades ago. What we are doing today should make a difference for tomorrow. Developing innovative new knowledge and applications helps engineers to better play the important role they have for society in establishing the basis for decision making.