Optimum design of shell structures with random geometric, material and thickness imperfections

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 22-23, 2006, Pages 6948-6964

  Lagaros, Nikos D ^a   Papadopoulos, Vissarion ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computations; Nonlinear shell finite element; Random imperfections; Reliability based design optimization; Spectral representation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR SHELL FINITE ELEMENT; RANDOM IMPERFECTIONS; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO); SPECTRAL REPRESENTATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 33748971921     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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