Design sensitivity and reliability-based structural optimization by univariate decomposition

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-261

  Rahman, S ^a   Wei, D ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Design sensitivity; Most probable point; Reliability; Stochastic optimization; Univariate decomposition

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

DESIGN SENSITIVITY; FAILURE PROBABILITY; MOST PROBABLE POINT; UNIVARIATE DECOMPOSITION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 38849200988     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0133-3     Document Type: Article

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