Optimum values of structural safety factors for a predefined reliability level with extension to multiple limit states

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 421-434

  Kharmanda, G ^a   Olhoff, N ^b   El Hami, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Reliability based design optimization; Safety factors; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SECOND ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS (SORM); STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344586605     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-004-0405-0     Document Type: Article

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