Reliability-based load and resistance factor design for piping: An exploratory case study

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-178

  Gupta, Abhinav ^a   Choi, Byounghoan ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADS (FORCES); NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TARGETS;

LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042890524     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(03)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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