A single-loop approach for system reliability-based design optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1215-1224

  Liang, Jinghong ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^a   Nikolaidis, Efstratios ^b  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

FAILURE PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SECOND-ORDER DITLEVSEN UPPER BOUND; SINGLE-LOOP METHOD;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38849138969     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2779884     Document Type: Article

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