A two-stage Subset Simulation-based approach for calculating the reliability of inelastic structural systems subjected to Gaussian random excitations

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 12-16, 2005, Pages 1581-1595

  Katafygiotis, Lambros ^a   Cheung, Sai Hung ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Subset Simulation; Two stage approach

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; SET THEORY;

GAUSSIAN RANDOM EXCITATION; INELASTIC STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUBSET SIMULATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844310462     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.06.042     Document Type: Article

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