Flexibility-based upper bounds on the response variability of simple beams

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 12-16, 2005, Pages 1385-1404

  Papadopoulos, Vissarion ^a   Deodatis, George ^b   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Optimization; Stochastic fields; Stochastic finite element analysis; Upper bounds; Variability response function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BRUTE-FORCE OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE; RESPONSE DISPLACEMENT; RESPONSE VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC FIELD MODELING;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC METHOD;

EID: 13844305934     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.06.040     Document Type: Article

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