TY - JOUR N2 - The paper presents the assessment of reliability depending on the reinforcement cover thickness for elements subject to bending. Based on the experimental tests of 12 reinforced concrete beams subjected to four-point bending the numerical model was validated. In the next steps this numerical model was used for the Monte Carlo simulation. During the analyses the failure probability and the reliability index were determined by two methods – using probabilistic method –FORMand fully probabilistic method Monte Carlo with the use of variance reduction techniques by Latin hypercube sampling (LHS). The random character of input data – compressive strength of concrete, yield strength of steel and effective depth of reinforcement were assumed in the analysis. Non-parametric Spearman rank correlation method was used to estimate the statistical relationship between random variables. Analyses have shown a significant influence of the random character of effective depth on reliability index and the failure probability of bending elements. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/121986/PDF-MASTER/art08_corr.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/121986 PY - 2021 IS - No 4 EP - 137 DO - 10.24425/ace.2021.138490 KW - reinforced structures KW - reliability index KW - bending KW - FEM analysis KW - FORM method KW - Monte Carlo simulation A1 - Sieńkowska, Katarzyna A1 - Buda-Ożóg, Lidia PB - WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VL - vol. 67 DA - 2021.12.30 T1 - Influence of random character of reinforcement cover in bending elements SP - 123 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/121986 T2 - Archives of Civil Engineering ER -