Determination of bounds on failure probability in the presence of hybrid uncertainties

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 753-765

  Anoop, M B ^a   Balaji Rao, K ^a  

^a CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Necessity measure; Possibility measure; Probability of failure; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS; FUZZY VARIABLES; MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS; NECESSITY MEASURE; PIPING COMPONENTS; POSSIBILITY MEASURE; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC EVOLUTIONS; STOCHASTIC MECHANICS; STRESS CORROSIONS; STRESS-CORROSION CRACKS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FUZZY SETS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 61949290905     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12046-008-0032-3     Document Type: Article

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