Reliability of uncertain dynamical systems with multiple design points

Structural Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-133

  Au, S K ^a   Papadimitriou, C ^a   Beck, J L ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximation; Dynamical systems; Importance sampling; Structural reliability; Tuned mass dampers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ESTIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SAMPLING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MULTIPLE DESIGN POINTS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TUNE MASS DAMPERS; UNCERTAIN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032641046     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(99)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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