Reliability analysis of a ship hull in composite material

Composite Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Chen, Nian Zhong ^a   Sun, Hai Hong ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composite; Progressive collapse analysis; Reliability analysis; Response surface method; Sensitivity analysis; Stiffened panel; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); HULLS (SHIP); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STRENGTH; VESSEL;

EID: 0041517721     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00084-9     Document Type: Article

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