 ##  [Second-Order Reliability Method](/second-order-reliability-method) 

  ##  [Second-Order Reliability Method](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/second-order-reliability-method-0) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A probabilistic reliability technique that refines FORM by including second‑order (quadratic) curvature information of the limit‑state surface at the design point.