Dynamic response and reliability analysis of structures with uncertain parameters

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-315

  Li, Jie ^a   Chen, Jian Bing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; Precise time integration method; Reliability; Stochastic structures; The probability density evolution; TVD scheme

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DENSITY EVOLUTION; PROBABILITY TRANSITION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL METALS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11044227917     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1204     Document Type: Article

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