Feasibility of FORM in finite element reliability analysis

Structural Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Koduru, S D ^a   Haukaas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element reliability; FORM; Performance based engineering; Time variant reliability

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; DYNAMIC PROBLEM; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT RELIABILITY; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; INELASTIC MATERIALS; INPUT PARAMETER; NEW APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY METHODS; RESPONSE MEASURES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TIME VARIANT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 73549114630     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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