Research Article

Approximation of the Monte Carlo Sampling Method for Reliability Analysis of Structures

Table 5

Comparison of proposed method with conventional Monte Carlo method for different load-cases.

Case numberConventional Monte Carlo sampling Proposed method
25 1000 5000 10000 20000 25

1000.00020.00050.000550.000548
2000.00020.00080.00050.000538
300.0040.0030.00290.00280.002818
4000.00240.00330.003550.003654
500.0110.01060.01020.00960.009637
600.0060.00540.0050.004850.004966