Joint first-passage probability and reliability of systems under stochastic excitation

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-77

  Song, Junho ^a,b   Der Kiureghian, Armen ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake loads; Envelope; Probability; Random vibration; Stochastic process; System reliability; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; VECTORS;

EARTHQUAKE LOADS; RANDOM VIBRATION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; VECTOR ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VECTORS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 31144475043     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2006)132:1(65)     Document Type: Article

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