For design purposes, this paper presents a practical method for structural reliability analysis based on the conception of the method given by Paloheimo and Hannus.Jn this method, an iterative scheme for calculating the safety index β and a direct procedure for calculating the mean resistance μR or characteristic resistance RK under target safety index βK in the case of linear limit state equation containing non-normal basic variables are developed.The calculated examples show that the proposed method is si...