Reliability-based optimization: A proposed analytical-experimental study

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2154-2161

  Nikolaidis, Efstratios ^a,c,d   Stroud, W Jefferson ^b,d,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

^d AIAA ^*

^e Computational Structures Branch ^*

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EID: 0041371362     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13365     Document Type: Article

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