Calculating confidence bounds for reliability index to quantify effect of distribution parameter uncertainty

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2962-2980

  Venkataraman, Satchi ^a,e,f   Sirimarnilla, Raghu R ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^b   Nagpal, Vinod ^c   Strack, Bill ^c   Pai, Shantaram S ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c N and R Engineering   (United States)

^d NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^f AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL COST; RELIABILITY INDEX; STATISTICAL VARIATION;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547502676     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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