Structural reliability assessment based on probability and convex set mixed model

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 1408-1415

  Luo, Yangjun ^a,b   Kang, Zhan ^a   Li, Alex ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Convex model; Mixed model; Probability; Reliability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED UNCERTAINTY; CONVEX MODEL; CONVEX SET; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MIXED MODEL; MIXED MODELS; MOST PROBABLE FAILURE POINT; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY INDEX; SAFETY MEASURES; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 70349381480     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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