Sensitivity analysis of blast loading parameters and their trends as uncertainty increases

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 321, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 762-785

  Borenstein, E ^a   Benaroya, H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; ALUMINA; DYNAMIC LOADS; LOADING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM PLATES; BLAST LOADINGS; BLAST LOADS; DETERMINISTIC METHODS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; LOADING DURATIONS; LOADING MODELS; MAXIMUM DEFLECTIONS; MONTE CARLO; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 60349097523     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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