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Risk and Safety in Civil Engineering Course Syllabus

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1. Course Overview

  • Introductory concepts in fundamentals of uncertainty, risk, risk analysis, safety and decision-making in civil engineering
  • Risk and safety issues related to planning, design, construction/implementation and operations in the context of environmental, transportation, structures, geotechnical, natural hazards or other civil engineering disciplines

2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)

  • Ang, A. H. and Tang, W. H. Probability Concepts in Engineering
  • Benjamin, J. R. and Cornell, C. A. Probability, Statistics and Decisions for Civil Engineers
  • Jordaan. Decisions Under Uncertainty: Probabilistic Analysis for Engineering Decisions