Solution methods and initialization techniques in SFE analysis of structural stability

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-187

  Du, Song ^a   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^b   Cox, James V ^c  

^a Huaxin Insurance Brokers   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational mechanics; Engineering mechanics; Inverse iteration; Monte Carlo simulation; Probability; Reliability; Stochastic stability; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; INVERSE ITERATION; STOCHASTIC STABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23044508017     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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