New approximations for SORM: Part 1

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-85

  Zhao, Yan Gang ^a   Ono, Tetsuro ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY;

RELIABILITY INDEX; SECOND-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (SORM); STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033048714     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1999)125:1(79)     Document Type: Article

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