Benchmark study of numerical methods for reliability-based design optimization

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-294

  Aoues, Younes ^a   Chateauneuf, Alaa ^a  

^a Polytech'Clermont Ferrand   (France)

Author keywords

Numerical efficiency; Optimization; Performance measure; Reliability; Reliability index

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE LOOP; SYSTEM UNCERTAINTIES; TWO-LEVEL APPROACH;

MACHINE DESIGN; MOORING; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 77649340014     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0412-2     Document Type: Article

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