Structural reliability analysis for implicit performance function using radial basis function network

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 3255-3291

  Deng, Jian ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

First order reliability method; Implicit performance function; Monte Carlo simulation; Radial basis function network; Reliability analysis; Second order reliability method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FIRST-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD; IMPLICIT PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SECOND-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 33646038893     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.05.055     Document Type: Article

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