Stochastic finite elements as a bridge between random material microstructure and global response

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 35-49

  Ostoja Starzewski, M ^a,b   Wang, X ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (SFEM);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033528032     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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