On using deterministic FEA software to solve problems in stochastic structural mechanics

Computers and Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 277-290

  Sachdeva, Sachin K ^a   Nair, Prasanth B ^a   Keane, Andy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deterministic FE software; Probabilistic mechanics; Projection schemes; Reduced basis methods; Stochastic finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DETERMINISTIC CODES; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROJECTION SCHEMES; REDUCED BASIS METHODS; STOCHASTIC MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC PROJECTION SCHEMES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846341155     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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