구조물의 신뢰도를 평가하는 방법을 살표보고 각각의 장.단점을 비교한다. 각 방법의 정확성을 평가하는 기준으로는 Crude Monte Carlo(CMC)방법을 택하여 Importance Sampling(IS)방법, 그리고 Directional Simulation(DS) 방법을 살펴보고 1차 근사방법은 현재 많이 사용되고 있는 Rackwitz-Fiessler(RF)방법, Chen과 Lind가 제안한 3-parameter방법(CL), Hohenbichler가 제안한 Rosenblatt 변환방법(RT)을 그리고 2차 근사방법은 Breitung이 제안한 곡률적합 포물선 (Curvature Fitted Paraboloid, CFP) 공식과 Kiureghian이 제안한 점적합 포물선(Point Fitted Paraboloid, PFP)공식, 그리고 Log-Likelihood Function을 이용하여 원변수공간에서 파괴확률을 구하는 2차 근사공식(LLF)을 비교한다. 그리고 한계상태식이 불명확할 때 효율적으로 사용할 수 있는 반응응답법(Response sufrace method, RSM)을 살펴본다. 각 방법의 효율성 특히 적용 가능성을 예제를 통해 해석한 결과 추출법의 경우는 DS방법이, 그리고 근사방법에서는 RSM방법이 효율적임을 알 수 있다.
In this paper, various reliability analysis methods for calculating a probability of failure are investigated for their accuracy and efficiency. Crude Monte Carlo method is used as a basis for the comparison of various numerical results. For the sampling methods, Importance Sampling method and Directional Simulation method are considered for overcoming a drawback of Crude Monte Carlo method. For the approximate methods, conventional Rackwitz-Fiessler method. 3-parameter Chen-Lind method, and Rosenblatt transformation method are compared on the basis of First order reliability method. As a Second-order reliability method, Curvature-Fitting paraboloid method, Point-fitting paraboloid method, and Log-likelihood function method are explored in order to verify the accuracy of the reliability calculation results. These methods mentioned above would have some difficulty unless the limit state equation is expressed explicitly in terms of random design variables. Thus, there is a need to develop some general reliability methods for the case where an implicit limit state equation is given. For this purpose, Response surface method is used where the limit state equation is approximated by regression analysis of the response surface outcomes resulted from the structural analysis. From the application of these various reliability methods to three examples, it is found that Directional Simulation method and Response Surface method are very efficient and recommendable for the general reliability analysis problem cases.