Uncertainties in probabilistic numerical analysis of structures and solids - Stochastic finite elements

Structural Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-336

  Matthies, Hermann G ^b   Brenner, Christoph E ^b   Bucher, Christian G ^b   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Numerical approximations; Representation of stochastic fields; Stochastic finite elements; Uncertainty modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLIDS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC FIELDS;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 0031333532     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(97)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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