Winterstein, S.R., Diffusion Models and the Energy Fluctuation Scale, Report 64, John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University, USA, November 1984.
Winterstein, S.R. and Cornell, C.A., ``Energy Fluctuation Scale and Diffusion Models,'' ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 111, No. 2, February 1985, pp. 125--142.
Winterstein, S.R., {it Moment-based Hermite Models of Random Vibration, Report No. 219, Department of Structural Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, March, 1987.
Winterstein, S.R. and Bjerager, P., ``The Use of Higher Moments in Reliability Estimation,'' icasp, pp. 1027--1036.
Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Vibration Models for Extremes and Fatigue,'' Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 10, October 1988, pp. 1772--1790.
Winterstein, S.R. and O.B. Ness, ``Nonlinear Random Vibration: A General Methodology,'' Report No. RMS--4, Reliability of Marine Structures Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1989.
Winterstein, S.R., De, R.S., and Bjerager, P. ``Correlated Non-Gaussian Models in Offshore Structural Reliability,'' icossarsf.
Winterstein, S.R. and O.B. Ness, ``Hermite Moment Analysis of Nonlinear Random Vibration,'' Computational Mechanics of Reliability Analysis, Chapter 21, ed. W.K. Liu and T. Belytschko, Elme Press, 1989, pp. 452--478.
Winterstein, S.R., ``Random Process Simulation with the Fast Hartley Transform,'' Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 137, No. 3, 1990, pp. 527--531.

Reliability of Fixed Offshore Structures

Haver, S., On the Effects of a Joint Environmental Description and Uncertain Parameters on the Extremes of a Drag Dominated Structure, Report No. RMS-5, Reliability of Marine Structures Program, Dept. of Civil Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, Aug 1989.
Winterstein, S.R. and Haver, S., ``Statistical Uncertainties in Wave Heights and Combined Loads on Offshore Structures'', Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, May 1991. Presented at 9th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Houston, TX, Feb 1990.
Winterstein, S.R. and Lo seth, R., ``Jackup Structures: Nonlinear Forces and Dynamic Response,'' Proceedings, 3rd IFIP Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Lecture Notes in Engineering Vol. 61, Springer-Verlag, 1991, pp. 349--358.
Haver, S. and Winterstein, S.R., ``The Effects of a Joint Description of Environmental Data on Design Loads and Reliability'', 9th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Houston, TX, Feb 1990.
Manuel, L., Cornell, C.A., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Dynamic Response of a Jack-up Rig under Random Wave Loading,'' Proceedings, ICASP-91, Mexico City, June 1991.
Winterstein, S.R., Bitner-Gregersen, E.M. and Ronold, K.O., ``Statistical and Physical Models of Nonlinear Random Waves'', 10th Intl. Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Stavanger, Norway, June 1991.
Cornell, C.A., "Summary - Assessment Working Group", Part of "Aging of Energy Production and Distribution Systems", DOE Workshop, Rice University, Houston, TX, October, 1992, Appl. Mech. Rev., Vol. 46, No. 5, May 1993.
Manuel, L., Cornell, C.A., "Sensitivity of the Dynamic Response of a Jack-Up Rig to Support Modelling and Morison Force Modelling Assumptions" Proceedings, 12th ICOMAE, No. OMAE-93-1283, Glasgow, Scotland, June, 1993.
Iwan, W.D., Thiel, C.C., Housner, G.W. and Cornell, C.A., "A Reliability-Based Approach to Seismic Reassessment of Offshore Platforms", ICOSSAR '93, Innsbruck, Austria, Aug. 9-13, 1993.
Schmucker, D.G., and Cornell, C.A., "Dynamic Behavior of Semi-Ductile Jackets Under Extreme Wave and Wave-in-Deck Forces," Proc. Behavior of Offshore Structures Conference, BOSS-94, MIT, Cambridge, MA, July 12-15, 1994.
Manuel, L., Cornell, C.A., "An Efficient FORM-Based Strategy for the Reliability Analysis of Marine Structures" Proc. 6th IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conf. Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems", Assissi, Italy, September, 1994.
Refereed Journal: Banon, H., Bea, R.G., Bruen, F.J., Cornell, C.A., and Krieger, W.F., "Assessing Fitness for Purpose of Offshore Platforms. I: Analytical Methods and Inspections", Jour. of Struct. Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 12, Dec, 1994.
Puskar, F.J., Aggarwal, R.K., Cornell, C.A., Moses, F., Petrauskas, C., "A Comparison of Analytically Predicted Platform Damage to Actual Platform Damage During Hurricane Andrew", Proc. Offshore Tech. Conference, Houston, TX, May, 1994.
Schmucker, D.G., "Near-Failure Behavior of Jacket Offshore Platforms in the Extreme Wave Environment," Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1996.
Schmucker, D.G., Cornell, C.A., "Dynamic Behavior of Semi-Ductile Jackets Under Extreme Wave and Wave-in-Deck Forces", Pres., BOSS-94, MIT, Cambridge, MA, July 12-15, 1994.
Winterstein, S.R., Ude, T.C., Bazzurro, P., Cornell, C.A. 1996. ``Ocean environment contours for structural response analysis and experiment design.'' Proceedings ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester, MA
Aggarwal, R.K., Dolan, D.K., and Cornell, C.A. "Development of Bias in Analytical Predictions Based on Behavior of Platforms During Hurricanes", Proc. 28th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1996.
Schmucker, D. G., and Cornell, C. A., "Reliabiity of Jackets: Beyond-Static- Capacity", 7th ASCE EMD/STD Joint Speciality Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester, MA., August, 1996.
Manuel, L., and Cornell, C.A., "The Influence of Alternative Wave Loading and Support Modeling Assumptions on Jack-up Rig Response Extremes", to appear in Transactions of ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering, 1996

Reliability of Moored Structures, TLPS, and Ships

Bjerager, P., Lo seth, R., Winterstein, S.R., and Cornell, C.A., ``Reliability Method for Marine Structures Under Multiple Environmental Load Processes,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Behaviour of Offshore Structures, Trondheim, Norway, June 1988, Vol. 3, pp. 1239--1254.
Ness, O.B., McHenry, G., Mathisen, J., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Nonlinear Analysis of Ship Rolling in Random Beam Waves,'' Proceedings, STAR Symposium on 21st-Century Ship and Offshore Vessel Design, Production, and Operation, April 12-15, 1989. (Prize-winning paper at the 1989 STAR Symposium on 21st-Century Ship and Offshore Vessel Design, Production, and Operation).
Bjerager, P., Lo seth, R., Winterstein, S.R., and Cornell, C.A., ``Nonlinear Stochastic Response of a Moored Structure under Combined Load,'' Proc., Ocean Structural Dynamics Symposium '88, Oregon State Univ., September 1988, pp. 480--495.
Winterstein, S.R., Manuel, L. and Ness, O.B., ``Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Marine Structures under Random Wave Loads,'' icossarsf.
Banon, H., Cornell, C.A., and Harding, S.J., ``A Method for Combination of Probabilistic Forces in Tension Leg Platform Tethers Including Wave Impact''. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, May, 1991.
Winterstein, S.R. and Marthinsen, T., ``Second-order Springing Effects on TLP Extremes and Fatigue,'' Computational Stochastic Mechanics: Proceedings of 1st International Conference, Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 765--776.
Winterstein, S.R. and Marthinsen, T., ``Second-order Springing Effects on TLP Extremes and Fatigue,'' Submitted to ASCE, 1991.
Winterstein, S.R. and Marthinsen, T., ``TLP Fatigue due to Second-order Springing Effects,'' Accepted for publication, Proccedings, ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Methods, Denver, July 1992.
Winterstein, S.R., Marthinsen, T., Ude, T.C. 1992. ``TLP fatigue due to second-order springing.'' Proceedings ASCE Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural and Geotechnical Reliability Specialty Conference, Denver, CO.
Winterstein, S.R., Kroon, I.B., and Ude, T.C. 1993. ``Fatigue of floating offshore structures: modelling uncertainty in hydrodynamics and fatigue properties.'' Proceedings, ASCE Structures Congress, Irvine, CA.
Ude, Todd C., Jha, Alok K. and Winterstein, Steven R. 1993. ``TN--1: QTSTAT: statistics of second-order systems, MAXMIN: extremes of non-gaussian processes.'' Reliability of Marine Structures Technical Note No. TN--1, Stanford University
Ude, Todd C. 1994. ``Second-order load and response models for floating structures: probabilistic analysis and system identification.'' Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
Ude, Todd C. 1994. ``TFPOP: A program for analyzing second-order load and response models of offshore structures.'' Reliability of Marine Structures Report No. RMS--15, Stanford University.
Winterstein, Steven R., Ude, Todd C., Kleiven, Gudmund. 1994. ``Springing and slow-drift responses: predicted extremes and fatigue vs. simulation.'' Proceedings BOSS--94, Cambridge, MA.
Winterstein, S.R., Ude, T.C. and Marthinsen, T. 1994 ``Volterra models of ocean structures: extreme and fatigue reliability.'' Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, v. 120, n. 6, pp 1369--1385
Refereed Journal: Bea, R.G., Cornell, C.A., Vinnem, J.E., Geyer, J.F., Shoup, G.J., and Stahl, B., "Comparative Risk Assessment of Alternative TLP Systems: Structure and Foundation Aspects", Jour. of OMAE, ASME, Vol. 116, pp. 86-96, May, 1994.
Ude, Todd C., Kumar, Satyendra and Winterstein, Steven R. 1995 ``TFPOP 2.0: stochastic response analysis of floating structures under wind, current and second-order wave loads.'' Reliability of Marine Structures Report No.\ RMS--18, Stanford University.
Ude, Todd C., Winterstein, Steven R. ``Calibration of models for slow drift motions using statistical moments of observed data.'' Proceedings ISOPE--96, Los Angeles, CA.
Winterstein, S. R., Ude, T.C., Bazzurro, P., and Cornell, C. A. "Ocean Environment Contours For Structural Response Analysis and Experiment Design", ASCE Probabilistic Methods Speciality Conference", Worcester, MA., August 1996.

Fatigue and Fracture

Winterstein, S.R. and Cornell, C.A., ``Fatigue and Fracture Under Stochastic Loading,'' Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, Kobe, Japan, May 1985, Vol. 3., pp. 745--749.
Winterstein, S.R., ``Non-Normal Responses and Fatigue Damage,'' ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 111, No. 10, October 1985, pp. 1291--1295.
Veers, P.S., Winterstein, S.R., Nelson, D.V., and Cornell, C.A., ``Variable Amplitude Load Models for Fatigue Damage and Crack Growth,'' Development of Fatigue Loading Spectra, Special Technical Publication 1006, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1989. (Presented at an ASTM Symposium on Fatigue Loads, Cincinnati OH, April 1987.)
Winterstein, S.R. and P.S. Veers, ``Diffusion Models of Crack Growth due to Random Overloads,'' blacksburg.
Winterstein, S.R. and P.S. Veers, ``Diffusion Models of Crack Growth with Sequence Effects due to Stationary Random Loads,'' icossarsf.
Winterstein, S.R. and L. Manuel, ``Non-Gaussian Response of Offshore Platforms---Fatigue: Discussion,'' Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Mar. 1989.

Load Combinations

Larrabee, R.D. and Cornell, C.A., ``Combination of Various Load Processes,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Division, Vol. 107, No. 1, January 1981, pp. 223--239.
Winterstein, S.R. and Cornell, C.A., ``Load Combinations and Clustering Effects,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 110, No. 11, November 1984, pp. 2690--2708.
Bjerager, P., Winterstein, S.R., and Cornell, C.A., ``Outcrossing Rates by Point Crossing Method,'' blacksburg, pp. 533--536.
Cornell, C. A., "Environment/Force/Response Interface and Integration: Reliability Analysis and Reliability-Based Design", Proc., E&P Forum Workshop on Uncertainties in the Design Process, London, England, November, 1995

Probability-Based Codes

Ravindra, M.K., Cornell, C.A., and Galambos, T.V., ``Wind and Snow Load Factors for Use in LRFD,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Division, Vol. 104, No. 9, September 1978, pp. 1443--1457. (Note: A Portion of the Basis of AISC LRFD Code.)
Galambos, T.V., Ellingwood, B., MacGregor, J.G., and Cornell, C.A., ``Probability-Based Load Criteria-Assessment of Current Design Practice,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Division, Vol. 108, No. 5, May 1982, pp. 959--977. (Note: This and following reference were the basis of the ANSI A58 LRFD Building Loads Code; and the basis for the 1984 ASCE Norman Medal Award.)
Galambos, T.V., Ellingwood, B., MacGregor, J.G., and Cornell, C.A., ``Probability-Based Load Criteria: Load Factors and Load Combinations,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Division, Vol. 108, No. 5, May 1982, pp. 978--997.
Winterstein, S.R., C.H. Lange, and S. Kumar, 1994, ``FITTING: A Subroutine to Fit Four Moment Probability Distributions to Data,'' Report RMS-14, Reliability of Marine Structures Program, Civil Engineering Dept., Stanford University.
Winterstein, S.R., C.H. Lange, and S. Kumar, 1994, ``FITTING: A Subroutine to Fit Four Moment Probability Distributions to Data,'' Sandia National Laboratories Report, SAND94-3039.

Seismic Hazard and Nonlinear Response Analysis

Cornell, C.A. and Winterstein, S.R., ``Temporal and Magnitude Dependence in Earthquake Recurrence Models,'' Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, accepted for publication, 1988.
Sewell, R.T. and Cornell, C.A., ``Seismic Hazard Analysis Based on Limit State Structural Damage,'' icasp.
Cornell, C.A. and Sewell, R.T., ``Non-Linear Behavior Intensity Measures in Seismic Hazard Analysis,'' Proceedings of International Seminar on Seismic Zonation, Guangzhou, China, December 1987.
Cornell, C.A., ``On the Seismology-Engineering Interface,'' The 1987 Presidential Address, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 78, April 1988, pp. 1020--1026.
Inoue, T., Cornell, C.A., Seismic Hazard Analysis of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Structures, Report No. RMS-8, Reliability of Marine Structures Program, Dept. of Civil Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, July 1990.
Cornell, C.A., et al, NEPEC Working Group, Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region, California, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1053, Menlo Park, CA, 1990. end{thebibliography
Wu, S.-C., Cornell, C.A., and Winterstein, S.R., ``Estimation of Correlations Among Characteristic Earthquakes,'' Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Seismic Zonation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, August 1991.
Refereed Journal: Cornell, C.A., Wu, S.C., Winterstein, S.R., Dieterich, J.H., Simpson, R.W., "Seismic Hazard Induced by Mechanically Interactive Fault Segments", BSSA, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 436-449, April 1993.
Bazzurro, P., Cornell, C.A., Diamantidis, D., and Manfredini, G.M., "Requalification of Nuclear Power Plant Structures Seismic Damage Hazard Analysis: Methodology and Application", Presented at 12th Internatl. Conf. on SMiRT, Stuttgart, Germany, Aug., 15-20, 1993.
NEPEC Working Group: "Earthquake Research at Parkfield, California, for 1993 and Beyond", Rep. of the NEPEC Wrkg. Grp. to Eval. the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment, U.S.G.S. Circ. 1116, U.S. GPO, Washington DC, 1994.
Refereed Journal: Bazzurro, P. and Cornell, C.A., "Seismic Hazard Analysis for Non-Linear Structures. I: Methodology", Jo. of Str. Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 11, November, 1994.
Refereed Journal: Bazzurro, P. and Cornell, C.A., "Seismic Hazard Analysis for Non-Linear Structures. II: Applications", Jo. of Str.Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 11, November, 1994.
Bazzurro, P., Cornell, C.A., Pelli, F., Manfredini, G.M., "Stability of Sloping Seabed - Seismic Damage Analysis: Methodology and Application", Proc., Third Symposium on Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, June 12-15, 1994.
Bazzurro, P., Cornell, C.A., Diamantidis, D., Vaidya, N.R., "Probabilistic Seismic Requalification of Nuclear Power Plant Structures", Proc., ASME PVP-1994 Conf., Minneapolis, MN, June 19-23, 1994.
Hanks, T.C., Cornell, C.A., "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis: A Beginner's Guide", Proc. 5th Symp. Current Issues Related to Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Equip. and Piping, Orlando, FL, December, 1994.
Refereed Journal: Jackson, D.D., Aki, K., Cornell, C.A., Dieterich, J.H., Henyey, T.L., Mahdyiar, M., Schwartz, D., and Ward, S.N. (Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities), "Seismic Hazard in Southern California: Probable Earthquakes, 1994 to 2024", BSSA, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 379-439, April, 1995.
Mahdyiar, M., Cornell, C.A., Jackson, D., and Aki, K.., "A Parametric Study on the Probabilistic ground Motion Anaylsis of Southern California", Proceedings, 5th Inter. Conf. on Seismic Zonation, Nice, France, October, 1995.
Coppersmith, K.J., Perman, R.C., Youngs, R.R., Crampton, T.A., DiSilvestro, L.A., Morris, P.A., Nelson, S.T., Smith, R.P., Stepp, J.C., Cornell, C.A., Sullivan, T., "The Probabilistic Volcanic Hazard Analysis Project," International High-level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV. ANS-ASCE, April, 1996.
Cornell, C. A. "Calculating Building Seismic Performance Reliability: A Basis for Multi-level Design Norms", Proc. Eleventh World Conf. On Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexico, June, 1996.
Cornell, C. A. "Reliability-Based Earthquake-Resistant Design; The Future", Proc. Eleventh World Conf. on Earthquake Design", Acapulco, Mexico, June, 1996.

Wind Energy

Veers, P.S., S.R. Winterstein, and C.H. Lange, 1993, ``FAROW: A tool for fatigue and reliability of wind turbines,'' Proc., WindPower '93, American Wind Energy Association.
Veers, P.S., S.R. Winterstein, C.H. Lange and T.A. Wilson, 1994, ''User's Manual for FAROW: Fatigue and Reliability of Wind Turbines,'' Sandia National Laboratories Report, SAND94-2460.
Winterstein, S.R. and C.H. Lange, 1994, ``CYCLES: Fatigue Reliability Formulation and Analysis,'' Report RMS-13, Reliability of Marine Structures Program, Civil Engineering Dept., Stanford University.

Books

Benjamin, J. R. and Cornell, C. A., Probability, Statistics, and Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970.

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