BBAuthors: Kim, Seung-Eock; Advisor: -; Participants: Truong, Viet Hung (2020)
In this paper, an efficient method for determining the reliability of semirigid steel frames is presented. An advanced analysis using the beam-column approach and the zero-length semirigid model is used to predict structural nonlinear inelastic behaviors and reduce computational effort. A new probability method, named as LPSS-EIS, is developed by integrating the Latinized partially stratified sampling (LPSS) and an efficient importance sampling (EIS). The robustness of the proposed method is demonstrated through two space semirigid
steel frames subjected to strength and serviceability load combinations. Several popular reliability analysis methods, such as the Monte Carlo simulation,... 
