A new directional simulation method for system reliability. Part I: Application of deterministic point sets

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-436

  Nie, Jinsuo ^a   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational mechanics; Directional simulation; Probability; Reliability; Statistics; Structural engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DIRECTIONAL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING (PBE); STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644349887     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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