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In keeping with the traditional four-year cycle, the 2000 ASCE Speciality Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, co-sponsored by the Engineering Mechanics and Aerospace Divisions of ASCE and by the Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Institutes of ASCE, will be held on July 24-26, 2000 at the University of Notre Dame .

Probabilistic mechanics and reliability analysis have become valuable and powerful tools for dealing with various uncertainties in many engineering disciplines and various structural and mechanical systems. The vital importance of concepts and methods of probability in the design and evaluation of engineering systems is widely recognized. Research in these field has already made many important contributions to improving design and evaluation of structural and mechanical systems. Both applied and basic research in the areas of probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability are growing and the results are used in the development of codes, evaluation, design and maintenance of civil and mechanical engineering systems and management of our infrastructure under uncertainty.

This Specialty Conference is the country's premier gathering of national and international experts and students in the field of probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability. State-of-the-art developments in all areas of probabilistic mechanics and structural reliability will be presented and disseminated at this meeting. Researchers, scientists and students involved in reliability of structural, mechanical, marine, aerospace, geotechnical and environmental systems are encouraged to participate at this conference.

The following topics and other relevant areas will be covered at this conference:

  • Civil Infrastructure Systems
  • Codes and Standards
  • Computational Stochastic Mechanics
  • Damage Control and Detection
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Expert Systems
  • Fatigue and Fracture
  • Flow-Induced Vibrations
  • Geotechnical Systems
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Pressure Vessels and Piping
  • Probabilistic Methods in Design/Analysis
  • Random Processes and Random Fields
  • Random Vibration
  • Safety of Aerospace Systems
  • Safety of Bridges
  • Safety of Buildings
  • Safety of Nuclear Structures
  • Safety of Offshore Structures
  • Site Characterization
  • Stability and Bifurcation
  • Statistical and Reliability Analysis
  • Stochastic Differential Equations
  • Stochastic Finite Elements
  • Stochastic Modeling of Environment
  • Structural Control
  • System Identification
  • System Reliability
  • Wave Propagation
  • Wind Engineering