Probabilistic design and analysis for system-level application

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 3055-3065

  Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a   Strack, Bill ^b   Nagpal, Vinod ^b   Venkataraman, Satchi ^c   Pai, Shantaram S ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N and R Engineering   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; PROBABILITY;

MULTIPLE PHYSICS; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; SYSTEM-LEVEL RELIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34547538539     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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