Reliability based aircraft structural design pays even with limited statistical data

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 5625-5643

  Acar, Erdem ^a,b,c   Haftka, Raphael T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DATA REDUCTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

LIGHT WEIGHT COMPONENTS; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRESS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34147191051     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-2059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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