Reliability analysis for multidisciplinary systems with random and interval variables

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-91

  Guo, Jia ^a   Du, Xiaoping ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED SUBSYSTEMS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; INTERVAL VARIABLE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77049105926     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39696     Document Type: Article

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