On buffered failure probability in design and optimization of structures

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-510

  Rockafellar, R T ^a,b   Royset, J O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure probability; Reliability based design optimization; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; FAILURE PROBABILITY; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LIMIT STATE; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELIABILITY ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

MACHINE DESIGN; MOORING; PROBABILITY; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77649189597     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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