Problems and Solution Strategies in Reliability Updating

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Sindel, R ^a   Rackwitz, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

FORM/SORM APPROACHES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

FAILURE; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; RELIABILITY;

FAILURES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RELIABLITY;

EID: 0032078363     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829524     Document Type: Article

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