Four alternative definitions of the fuzzy safety factor

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Elishakoff, Isaac ^a   Ferracuti, Barbara ^b  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Probability; Reliability; Safety factors

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; CENTROID ABSCISSAS; FUZZY SAFETY FACTORS; PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATIONS;

FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FUZZY CONTROL;

EID: 33748760612     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2006)19:4(281)     Document Type: Article

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