Reliability-based optimal design of linear dynamical systems under stochastic stationary excitation and model uncertainty

Engineering Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1446-1458

  Taflanidis, Alexandros A ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; First passage reliability; Model uncertainty; Multiple design points; Reliability based design; Stationary excitation

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; DESIGN POINTS; FIRST-PASSAGE; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN; RELIABILITY MODEL;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TAYLOR SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN;

MODEL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950341875     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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