Optimal and robust design of docking blocks with uncertainty

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-510

  Cheng, Y S ^a   Au, F T K ^b   Tham, L G ^b   Zeng, G W ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Convex model; Docking blocks; Optimal design; Robust design; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOCKING; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STIFFNESS;

DEGREE FUNCTIONS; DOCKING BLOCKS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DESIGN; DOCK; POSITIONING SYSTEM; STIFFNESS;

EID: 1442338345     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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