
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Target reliability for engineering structures
M. Holický
Klokner Institute, CzechTechnicalUniversity, Prague, Czech Republic
1 INTRODUCTION
The target reliability levels recommended in national
and international documents vary within a broad range
(ISO 2394 (1998) and JCSS (2001)). Moreover, the
desired links to structural costs, the failure conse-
quences, the relative expense of safety measures and
the design workinglife are indicated only very vaguely
(see studies Diamantidis D. (2009), Holicky