Increasing design load and reducing weight of structures by error reduction

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 4452-4471

  Acar, Erdem ^a,b   Haftka, Raphael T ^a,b   Sankar, Bhavani V ^a,b   Qiu, Xueshi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Business University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c Structural Mechanics Department   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

DAMAGE PROPAGATION; DESIGN LOAD; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN METHODOLOGY; TRADEOFFS;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 28844442383     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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