Reliability analysis of laterally loaded piles using response surface methods

Structural Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-355

  Tandjiria, Vipman ^a   Teh, Cee Ing ^a   Low, Bak Kong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

PILE-SOIL SYSTEMS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODS;

PILES;

EID: 0033644980     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(00)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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