Optimization - The basis of code-making and reliability verification

Structural Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-60

  Rackwitz, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Failure rates; Outcrossing rates; Safety targets; Structural optimization; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR;

SAFETY TARGETS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033908770     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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