Civil engineering department, IIT-Delhi

CVL-857, Tutorial-6 (Basic reliability, FORM)

1. If the pdf of resistance R and action S are

f R (r )  R exp  R r  and f S ( s)  S exp  s s  .
Derive an expression for the failure probability and show that it is given by R / (R  S ) .
2. The strength of a column, R, is given by R   2 EI / a 2 , where E is the Young's modulus, I is the
moment of inertia and a is the length of the column. The column is subjected to load Q. The mean
values and coefficient of variations of all the variables are given below:
 E  2.03  104 MPa  E  0.10
 I  12.5  104 mm 4  I  0.05
a  5000 mm  a  0.05
Q  700 kN  Q  0.30
If all the variables are lognormally distributed, determine the probability of failure of the column.

Solve the following problems by FOSM, AFOSM and Monte Carlo Simulation.

3. Linear limit state

g  X   3 n  in1 X i
Random variables: where Xi’s are standard independent normal variables.
4. Nonlinear limit state
g  X , Y   exp  0.2 X  6.2   exp  0.47Y  5
Random variables: both X and Y are independent standard normal variable.
5. Nonlinear limit state
 X  X2 
2

g  X   0.1 X 1  X 2 
2
 1
 2.5
2
Random variables: where X1, X2 are independent standard normal variables.
6. Fourth order polynomial limit state
1 4
gX   X 1  2 X 22  X 3  3
40
Random variables: where X1, X2 and X3 are independent standard normal variables.
7. Hypothetical limit state with 2 variables
g  X   0.16  X 1  1  X 2  4  0.04 cos  X 1 X 2 
3

Random variables: where X1, X2 are independent standard normal variables.

8. Linear limit state, non-normal variables
g  X   X1  2 X 2  2 X 3  X 4  5 X 5  5 X 6
Random variables: where the variables are statistically independent and log–normal distribution
with means µ1 = … = µ4 = 120, µ5 = 50, µ6 = 40, and standard deviation  1     4  12, ,
 5  15 ,  6  12 .

9. Ranganathans Book Back exercise Q. 8.6.

10. Ranganathans Book Back exercise Q. 8.7

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