Reliability analysis with adaptive response surfaces

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 735-745

  Zou, Tong ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESTIMATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE RESPONSE SURFACES; MOST PROBABLE POINT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VEHICLE BODY-DOOR SUBSYSTEM;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0043014672     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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