Structural reliability analysis by univariate decomposition and numerical integration

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Wei, D ^a   Rahman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition methods; Most probable point; Numerical integration; Probability of failure; Reliability; Univariate approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION; UNIVARIATE DECOMPOSITION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33750312972     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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