In one of the previous posts, we showed you how to work with in-line Python functions directly in STRUREL. Did you know? You can also use a Python script as limit-state function in STRUREL.
Again, we use the example limit-state function R–S that we already used in the past: Our stochastic model consists of the two random variables R and S, where R represents the resistance of a system of interest and S is the system load. The symbolic expression for the corresponding limit-state function in the native syntax of STRUREL would be:
FLIM(1) = R-S
However, if you have Python installed on your system and if the Python interface of STRUREL is configured correctly, you could also use the following expression:
FLIM(1) = pythons("my_model")
where my_model.py
is a Pyhton script file located in the same directory as the iti-file of STRUREL.
For the example at hand, the Python script file should look as follows:
res = R - S
where the variable names R
and S
must match the names of the random variables of the stochastic model of STRUREL. The variable res
must contain the value of the limit-state function, where the value of res
is later retrieved by STRUREL.
By means of the STRUREL command pythons
, you can integrate any limit-state function written in Python directly in your reliability analysis performed with STRUREL.