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Dear Mitch, coming back to your earlier post... IMHO risk analysis can be qualitative (low / moderate / severe) or quantitative with probabilites and value at stake. Thus the criterion of risks being quantitative is not compelling. Rather I would look for the (project / design) objectives which are ...

I would like to disagree: There is "aleatoric risk", like throwing a dice where the possible outcomes are known with 1/6 probability. This is also called the "known unknowns". But there is also "epistemic risk", i.e. due to lack of knowledge the risk cannot be perceived and assessed. This is typically ...

Hi Stephen Research results financed from public funds (i.e. tax payers' money) are accessible to everybody. This is why most PhD theses are downloadable for free, e.g. in Switzerland via Dissertationen Online an der ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, often in English. Endowed chairs are also considered public ...

During my time as teaching & research assistant at ETHZ (Institute of Structural Earthquake Engineering), I saw very successfull short courses for practicioners, e.g. by Bruno Thürlimann on plasticity of concrete, by Hugo Bachmann on man & machine induced vibrations of structures and with Thomas Paulay ...