On the treatment of uncertainties in structural mechanics and analysis

Computers and Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Schueller G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Model verification; Monte Carlo simulaton; Response variability; Robustness; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS PROCEDURES; MODEL VERIFICATION; RESPONSE VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846366395     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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