Multimodal reliability assessment for complex engineering applications using efficient global optimization

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 3029-3040

  Bichon, B J ^a,c,d   Eldred, M S ^b,d,e   Swiler, L P ^b,d,e   Mahadevan, S ^a,c,d   McFarland, J M ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation Department

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EXPENSIVE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; NONLINEAR LIMIT; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 34547523035     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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