Direct generation of non-Gaussian weighted integrals

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-75

  Micaletti, R C ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

NON-GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; NON-GAUSSIAN WEIGHTED INTEGRALS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033703301     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2000)126:1(66)     Document Type: Article

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