On the ensemble crossing rate approach to time variant reliability analysis of uncertain structures

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-19

  Beck, André T ^a,b   Melchers, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crossing rates; First passage failure; Monte Carlo simulation; Stochastic processes; Time variant reliability analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEGRADATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

CROSSING RATE; FIRST PASSAGE FAILURE; TIME VARIANT RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 1142280252     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2003.11.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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