Reliability of residential basements and blast shelters

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5271955

Longinow, A; Mohammadi, J

This paper describes an analysis method for predicting the probability of failure of a wood-framed basement when subjected to a static, uniformly distributed load. The analysis considers the primary failure modes of each framing member and determines the probability of failure for each mode acting alone. The failure probability of the system as a whole is then bounded. The upper bound is determined on the assumption that the failure modes are independent, while the lower bound is determined on the assumption that the failure modes are perfectly correlated. The analysis is described with reference to an example problem.

• Research Organization: Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago (USA). Dept. of Civil Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5271955
• Report Number(s): AD-P-001808/5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
FALLOUT SHELTERS
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS
RELIABILITY
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FLOORS
PROBABILITY
WALLS
WOOD
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SHELTERS
SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
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