Adaptive simulation for system reliability analysis of large structures

Computers and Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 725-734

  Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Raghothamachar, Prakash ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TOWERS; TRUSSES;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL SYSTEM; SYSTEM RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0342520653     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(00)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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