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Safety Factors and Reliability: Friends or Foes?
Isaac E. Elishakoff
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Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; TGB; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
Have you ever wondered where the safety factors come from? Why is it that deterministic analysis has reached a very sophisticated level, but in the end empirical factors are still needed? Is there a way to select them, rather than assigning them arbitrarily as is often done?
This book clearly shows that safety factors are closely related with the reliability of structures, giving yet another demonstration of Albert Einstein's maxim that "It is incomprehensible that Nature is comprehensible". The book shows that the safety factors are much more comprehensible ... Read more
Have you ever wondered where the safety factors come from? Why is it that deterministic analysis has reached a very sophisticated level, but in the end empirical factors are still needed? Is there a way to select them, rather than assigning them arbitrarily as is often done?
This book clearly shows that safety factors are closely related with the reliability of structures, giving yet another demonstration of Albert Einstein's maxim that "It is incomprehensible that Nature is comprehensible". The book shows that the safety factors are much more comprehensible ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048165001
SKU
V9789048165001
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