PROBABILITY-BASED CODIFIED DESIGN - PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Structural design codes and standards provide a foundation of good eng ineering practice. The process of developing probability-based codes h as brought the structural reliability research community and engineers in professional practice together and led to research toward a common goal that otherwise would not have been possible. This paper reviews developments in probability-based codified structural design during th e past two decades, assesses advantages and shortcomings of the curren t generation of probability-based codes, and suggests several avenues for new research.