Bernt J. Leira

TL;DR: A more conservative ISORM (inverse second order reliability method) contour is proposed, which means that the failure domain in the U space would always be overestimated since the corresponding safe domain is approximated and underestimated as a sphere, regardless of the shapes of the failure surfaces.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Monte Carlo-based method was proposed for system reliability estimation that aims at reducing the computational cost of the simulation of complex structural systems, which has several attractive features for structural system reliability, the most important being that the system failure criterion is usually relatively easy to check almost irrespective of the complexity of the system.

TL;DR: In this article, a joint distribution of all relevant environmental parameters used in design of offshore structures including directional components is presented, along with a novel procedure for dependency modelling between wind and wind sea.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on statistical inference in relation to the peak process of local ice loading on ship hulls, which comprises selection of a statistical model (by means of P-P plot, Q-Q plot, and probability paper), parameter estimation (By means of LSM, MoM, and MLE), evaluation of the confidence interval of the estimators, and goodness-of-fit testing of the initial distribution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a numerical study on the hydroelastic response of a 4.6 km long fjord crossing floating bridge subjected to wave loads, and examine the various effects of inhomogeneous wave loads on the dynamic responses of the floating bridge.