Reliability analysis using object-oriented constrained optimization

Structural Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-89

  Low, Bak K ^a   Tang, Wilson H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

MATRIX OPERATIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141889534     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(03)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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