Sensitivity analysis of stability problems of steel structures using shell finite elements and nonlinear computation methods

WSEAS Transactions on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Kala, Zdeněk ^a   Kala, Jiří ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Imperfections; Reliability; Sensitivity analysis; Shell elements; Stability; Steel; Structures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION MODEL; IMPERFECTIONS; INITIAL IMPERFECTION; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITIES; MATERIAL NONLINEAR; NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY INDICES; SHELL ELEMENT; SHELL ELEMENTS; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURE RELIABILITY; STRUCTURES; ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE; VARIANCE-BASED METHODS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; METAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STEEL; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958103874     PISSN: 19918747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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