Reliability predictions of laminated composite plates with random system parameters

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-338

  Lin, S C ^a  

^a National Hu Wei Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY;

FIRST ORDER SECOND MOMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; RANDOM SYSTEM PARAMETER; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0034298878     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-8920(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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