Robust design of structures using optimization methods

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 193, Issue 23-26, 2004, Pages 2221-2237

  Doltsinis, Ioannis ^a   Kang, Zhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Robust design; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic finite element method; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

DYNAMIC RESPONSES; ROBUST DESIGNS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOCHASTIC PARAMETERS;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 11344263418     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.055     Document Type: Article

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