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Structural reliability#

The probability that a load exceeds a resistance.

Freudenthal’s stress-strength interference (1947)

Freudenthal's stress-strength interference (1947)

Hasofer and Lind’s reliability index (1974)

Hasofer and Lind's reliability index (1974)

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