Taking advantage of separable limit states in sampling procedures

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 366-378

  Smarslok, Benjamin P ^a   Haftka, Rapliael T ^a   Kim, Nam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (CDF); FAILURE CRITERION; SEPARABLE LIMIT STATES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM VARIABLES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SAMPLING;

EID: 34247108102     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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