An efficient reliability-based optimization method for uncertain structures based on non-probability interval model

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-42

  Jiang, C ^a   Bai, Y C ^a   Han, X ^a   Ning, H M ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interval; Possibility of degree; Reliability; Structural optimization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN SPACES; INTERVAL; INTERVAL MODELS; INTERVAL OPTIMIZATION; INTERVAL ORDERS; ITERATIVE FRAMEWORK; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; POSSIBILITY DEGREE; POSSIBILITY OF DEGREE; RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; SIMPLEX METHODS; UNCERTAIN OPTIMIZATIONS; UNCERTAIN STRUCTURES; UNCERTAINTY;

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78649995420     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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