Robustness analysis in structural optimization

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-293

  Bucher, Christian ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reliability analysis; Robustness; Stochastic analysis; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS; DESIGN CONCEPT; FAILURE PROBABILITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-RISK STRUCTURES; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MEASURES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 70249116508     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268970701189293     Document Type: Article

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