This paper is intended to discuss the basic issues involved in structural reliability in conjunction with a limit state approach for design and analysis of offshore structures. Emphasis will be placed on a systematic semiprobabilistic approach suitable for strength evaluation of major structural elements. Problems arising from quantification of uncertainties of the pertinent random variables, load combination, and in the development of limit state functions involving both ultimate failure and fatigue, will also be discussed.

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