Unified finite element method for engineering systems with hybrid uncertainties

AIAA Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1291-1299

  Rao, Singiresu S ^a,b   Chen, Li ^a,c   Mulkay, Eric ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0005029895     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.513     Document Type: Article

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