Improving the computational efficiency in finite element analysis of shells with uncertain properties

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 12-16, 2005, Pages 1447-1478

  Charmpis, Dimos C ^a   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bivariate interpolation; Conjugate gradient method; Monte Carlo simulation; Parallel computing; Preconditioning; Probabilistic; Random; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ELASTIC TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT EQUATIONS; PROCESSING TIME;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PARALLEL COMPUTING;

EID: 13844312071     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.075     Document Type: Article

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