Open AccessAPPLICATION OF RISK CRITERIA IN COASTAL ENGINEERING
Author(s) -
Asit K. Biswas
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v11.84
Subject(s) - damages , risk analysis (engineering) , jurisdiction , process (computing) , ideal (ethics) , computer science , engineering design process , reliability engineering , forensic engineering , operations research , construction engineering , engineering , business , law , mechanical engineering , political science , operating system
A design of any engineering structure may be said to be optimum when it can meet all the necessary requirements at a minimum possible cost. In all cases there is a probability, however slight (sometimes even incalculable because of lack of data), that the design load can be exceeded and, thus, damages could occur. Obviously, lower the design load, higher would be the cost of anticipated damages and vice versa. Thus, from economical standpoint alone, the ideal solution would be when the total cost of construction and anticipated damages is at its minimum. Very often, however, other factors like social, political, etc., have to be considered, and this makes the whole process a complex decision making problem - sometimes completely out of the jurisdiction of the engineers.