Scalable uncertainty and reliability analysis by integration of advanced Monte Carlo simulation and generic finite element solvers

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 930-947

  Pellissetti, M F ^a   Schueller G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Advanced simulation; Parallel processing; Stochastic structural analysis; Structural analysis software

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SIMULATION; CENTRIFUGAL LOADING; COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES; FE MODEL; FE SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT SOLVER; HARMONIC EXCITATION; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OBJECT-ORIENTATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PARALLELIZATION; RANDOM FIELDS; SPATIAL FLUCTUATION; STOCHASTIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; TURBINE BLADE; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

ARTS COMPUTING; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATLAB; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349233040     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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