Uncertainty Quantification of Structural Response Using Evidence Theory

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2062-2068

  Bae, Ha Rok ^a   Grandhi, Ramana V ^a   Canfield, Robert A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRFRAME STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142058304     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1898     Document Type: Article

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