Evaluation of coupled partial models in structural engineering using graph theory and sensitivity analysis

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3726-3736

  Keitel, Holger ^a   Karaki, Ghada ^a   Lahmer, Tom ^a   Nikulla, Susanne ^a   Zabel, Volkmar ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridge engineering; Coupling; Evaluation; Graph theory; Model choice; Partial models; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE ENGINEERING; EVALUATION; MODEL CHOICE; PARTIAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC LOADS; GRAPH THEORY; INNOVATION; RAILROAD BRIDGES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MODELS;

ALGORITHM; BRIDGE; GEOMETRY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054932990     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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