Stability problems of steel structures in the presence of stochastic and fuzzy uncertainty

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 861-865

  Kala, Z ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EUROCODE; Fuzzy reliability; Fuzzy sets; Imperfections; Stability; Stochastic yield strength; Structural reliability; Structural steel

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FUZZY SETS; LOAD LIMITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EUROCODES; FAILURE PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; VARIABLE LOAD ACTION;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 36048943286     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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