Structural reliability analyis of elastic-plastic structures using neural networks and Monte Carlo simulation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-163

  Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a   Papadopoulos, Vissarion ^a   Lagaros, Nikos D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLASTICITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

CRITICAL LOAD FACTOR; ELASTIC PLASTIC STRUCTURES; FAILURE PROBABILITY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; PLASTIC COLLAPSE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030244597     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7825(96)01011-0     Document Type: Article

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