Adaptive kernel method for evaluating structural system reliability

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Wang, G S ^a   Ang, A H S ^a   Lee, J C ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive kernel method; Importance sampling; Random dynamic loadings; Structural system reliability; Time variant problems; Uncertain nonlinear hysteretic structures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE KERNEL METHOD; NONLINEAR HYSTERETIC STRUCTURES; TIME VARIANT PROBLEMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031100362     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1997.5.2.115     Document Type: Article

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