Estimating the probability of failure of a nonlinear aeroelastic system

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 504-516

  Millman, Daniel R ^a,d,e   King, Paul I ^b,e,f   Maple, Raymond C ^b,d,e   Beran, Philip S ^c,e   Chilton, Lawrence K ^b,f  

^a US Air Force Flight Test Center ^*  (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

B-SPLINE SURFACES; LIMIT-CYCLE OSCILLATION (LCO); NONLINEAR AEROELASTIC SYSTEM;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646395950     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13401     Document Type: Article

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