Design optimization of steel structures considering uncertainties

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1408-1418

  Papadrakakis, M ^a   Lagaros, N D ^a   Plevris, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evolution Strategies; Monte Carlo simulation; Neural Networks; Reliability analysis; Robust design; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO); ROBUST DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RDO); STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20544468905     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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