Topics

The topics of the conference include, but not limited, the following:

  • Methods for reliability and probabilistic safety assessment
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
  • Design and evaluation of technical systems and structures
  • Design innovation for safety and reliability
  • Codes, standards and safety criteria
  • Engineering Structures
  • Structural Integrity and durability
  • Management and life-cycle performance
  • Models for ageing and life extension
  • Fatigue, fracture and damage mechanics
  • Damage evaluation and fatigue design
  • Dynamic and fatigue reliabilities
  • Safety assessment (loads and environmental effects; material properties; prediction of response and performance)
  • Analytical and numerical simulation
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Rock and soil structural integrity