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Abstract

Mathematical models of the reliability assessment of a structure treated as the time to the first passage of the capacity which is degrading in the time are presented. Two stochastic models of the structure degradation caused by different factors and two stochastic models of loading are considered. The relationships for calculating the probability of failure for presented models of the structure load and the capacity degradation, are given. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)