Further study on efficiency of sequential approximate programming for probabilistic structural design optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 509-522

  Yi, Ping ^a   Cheng, Gengdong ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Performance measure approach; Probabilistic structural design optimization; Sequential approximate programming

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY;

PERFORMANCE MEASURE APPROACH; PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENTIAL APPROXIMATE PROGRAMMING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 42649104775     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0120-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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