Limit load and shakedown analysis of plastic structures under stochastic uncertainty

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Marti, K ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Quadratic loss functions; Robust maximum load factors; Stochastic nonlinear programming; Structural analysis under stochastic uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COSTS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PLASTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

ANALYTICAL PROPERTIES; CARRYING CAPACITIES; DESIGN VECTORS; DIRECT APPROACHES; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATIONS; INTERNAL LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; LIMIT LOADS; LINEAR CONSTRAINTS; LINEAR EQUILIBRIUMS; LOAD FACTORS; MAXIMUM LOADS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMS; OPTIMISATION; PLASTIC ANALYSIS; PLASTIC STRUCTURES; PLASTICITY THEORIES; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; QUADRATIC LOSS FUNCTIONS; QUADRATIC OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; RANDOM PARAMETERS; ROBUST MAXIMUM LOAD FACTORS; SHAKEDOWN ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC UNCERTAINTIES; STOCHASTIC VARIATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 54849406558     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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