Discussion
A structure designed for a 100 year event over a 50 year life has an encounter probability of roughly
Answer: A
One minus 0.99 raised to the fiftieth power gives about forty per cent. Return period is therefore a poor guide to the risk over a structure's whole life. Encounter probability is the honest measure. A fifty year life sees the hundred year event often enough.
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