Reliability analysis in fracture mechanics using the first-order reliability method and Monte Carlo simulation

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 959-975

  Puatatsananon, W ^a   Saouma, V E ^b  

^a UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

First order reliability method; Fracture mechanics; Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

FIRST-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD; PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MEACHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 33749344163     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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