System function, redundancy, and component importance: Feedback for optimal system design

Structures Congress 2000: Advanced Technology in Structural Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Gharaibeh, Emhaidy S ^a   Frangopol, Dan M ^a   Shing, P Benson ^a   Hearn, George ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Structural design; Structural safety; System reliability

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COMPONENT IMPORTANCE; OPTIMAL SYSTEM DESIGN; RANDOM LOAD; STRUCTURAL SAFETY; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM FUNCTIONS; SYSTEM REDUNDANCY;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 74949132727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40492(2000)16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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