Reliability assessment for ultimate longitudinal strength of ship hulls in composite materials

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-342

  Chen, Nian Zhong ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Progressive collapse analysis; Progressive failure nonlinear finite element analysis; Reliability assessment; Ship hulls in composite materials; Stiffened composite panel; Ultimate longitudinal strength

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE ANALYSIS; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; SHIP HULLS IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS; STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANEL; ULTIMATE LONGITUDINAL STRENGTH;

HULLS (SHIP);

EID: 35349027195     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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